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Posted on 09/22/2011 6:46:15 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Lando Lincoln
And maybe tomorrow we will work on apostrophes. That could take awhile.
To: ilovesarah2012; alley cat
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:22:28 AM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: ilovesarah2012
How to Use There, Their and They're
Someone who has to be instructed on how to use these three homophones is already functionally illiterate. The confusion over these three is only the tip of the iceberg.
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:22:35 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: ilovesarah2012
but as least I can get the basics right!Always tread lightly when lecturing on others' grammar. An error is inevitable.
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:24:44 AM PDT
by
BfloGuy
(Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
To: ilovesarah2012
but as least I can get the basics right!Always tread lightly when lecturing on others' grammar. An error is inevitable.
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:25:01 AM PDT
by
BfloGuy
(Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
To: cripplecreek
Its/it’s is easy.
“It’s” is a contraction for “it is.” So, if “it is” would make sense, use “it’s.” Example: It’s a nice day. (The sentence, “It is a nice day,” makes sense.)
“Its” is possessive.
Example: The company laid off half of its employees. (You need to use a possessive since the sentence refers to the company’s employees. It would be incorrect to use “it’s” here because, “The company laid off half of it is employees,” doesn’t make sense.)
Now if I can just overcome my lifelong addiction to, using, way, too, many, commas, people, would, surely, appreciate, it.
To: ilovesarah2012
Another one that makes me crazy is, “then” and “than”
To: ilovesarah2012
Why the grammar lesson? Not everyone wants to sound intelligent, after all. /s
I tend to skip over the comments of the uneducated, unintelligent, and lazy. But if a writer has taken the time to write well, I figure he’s probably got something to say that’s worth hearing.
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:25:01 AM PDT
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: ilovesarah2012
Oh, and another one is “are” and “our”
To: ilovesarah2012
There, their, they’re now ... you, your, you’re getting too upset over this ...
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:26:33 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(A critic is like a legless man who teaches running.)
To: FiscalSanity
Now if I can just overcome my lifelong addiction to, using, way, too, many, commas, people, would, surely, appreciate, it.Me, too!
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:27:22 AM PDT
by
Lando Lincoln
(But that's just me.)
To: ilovesarah2012
“I have done the same with my kids.”
This also used to be unacceptable. The correct terminology used to be:
I have done the same with my children.
;-)
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:29:56 AM PDT
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
To: BfloGuy
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:30:38 AM PDT
by
gargoyle
(...This looks like a good fight, deal me in...)
To: ilovesarah2012
Your in a Pyle of it now.
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:33:01 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
To: ilovesarah2012
I have done the same with my kids. My son (who is not well-educated) knows his grammar and sometimes corrects his friends around me. LOL Me too. You have to, schools don't diagram sentences anymore.
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:33:17 AM PDT
by
truthkeeper
(Vote Against Barack Obama in 2012!)
To: ilovesarah2012
People, people, people. Spelling and word usage— really?
R U RD 4 TS?
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:34:42 AM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(Rabid democRATS and 0bama the dictator own it all now.)
To: xsmommy
no, i eschew them.Do folks complain about your breath? ;-)
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:36:40 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
To: LearsFool
...There must be something wrong with my face. Strangers come up to me and say, “What’s wrong?” Nothing. “You know it takes more energy to frown than it does to smile.” Yea? You know it takes more energy to point that out than it does to leave me alone. So, why don’t you get out of my face, and watch me start smiling...
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:40:32 AM PDT
by
gargoyle
(...This looks like a good fight, deal me in...)
To: ilovesarah2012
I'm a deputized member of the Apostrophe Police....
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:40:52 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Obama Voters: Jose Baez wants YOU for his next jury pool.......)
To: cripplecreek
They’re is easy but I’ve given up on “Its”.That's easy. When it's "it is", it's "it's", when it's not, it's "its"... ;-)
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posted on
09/22/2011 7:41:42 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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