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To: Helen

“Someone also needs to learn how to use “you’re” and “your”.

I’m not a teacher. Just someone who appreciates the proper use of the words of our language.”

Yes! And “there” and “their” seem to be above the pay grade of a lot of people. There just isn’t enough time to teach English and grammar when the first priority is to teach socialism/communism.


61 posted on 08/10/2020 6:13:19 AM PDT by Saltmeat (69)
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To: Saltmeat

It’s quite easy to write the wrong homophone when writing fast - e.g. there their they’re your you’re - even when knowing the differences (and anyone not knowing the differences I would consider illiterate).

Proof-reading catches it, but in Internet forums one writes fast and doesn’t proof. And here at FR there’s no edit function to correct posts once posted.


135 posted on 08/10/2020 9:19:35 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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