Language police, flame bait - RE: "there|their|they're"

Me | 11/11/2004 | Me

[randog]

Next Lesson: The subtle differences between the words "lose" and "loose".

[cripplecreek]

My biggest problem is the "their/thier" misspelling.

They're is that better?

[theDentist]

There there. When it comes to spelling errors, they're theirs, not yours. :)

[TChris]

They're is that better?

LOL. Yes! (There finally starting to get it!)

[TChris]

Yes, subtle and nuanced as those differences are.

[Koblenz]

"It's" and "its" would be a good lession. The other day, I think someone posted an article and he (or she) misspelled "it's" in the headline. It's not that difficult to do this right!

However, maybe I am something of a language purist. I even use "whom" instead of "who" when appropriate.

[THX 1138]

I know all of this. I went to Catholic gradeschool...

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I have to admit, this bothers me also. I'm a very fast typist, though, and when I'm very tired, and my fingers go faster than my brain, I've been known to make these mistakes myself. So, I try to go easy on everyone else.

[TChris]

Yes, it's about time someone mentioned that too! Then we can cover "two", "to" and "too."

[jriemer]

I'm stuned that they'res a differences

[TChris]

Hey, this problem is hugh! ...but I'm pretty series about my English.

[fivekid]

Wear to begin...........

[randog]

I can handle the there/their/they're and its/it's mistakes, but it really grinds on me to see something like, "DUmmies are Loosers!!!!!". Somehow I automatically question the author's authority when I see that.

[N. Theknow]

Your on to something with you're rant. But don't loose track of wear your going cause it should of been obvious to everyone by now.

Just to throw in a few more fingernails to scratch on the grammatical blackboard.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Two words which confuse me are the uses of "that" and "which". I know the most glaring mistakes using those words, but the subtle uses -- ???

For instance, should I have said, "Two words that confuse me ..." or "Two words which confuse me ... "

[abner]

This one drives me nuts! I hear more and more people use the non-existent word incidences. It's NOT a word people! It's incidents, NOT incidences!

Thank you.

[TChris]

"DUmmies are Loosers!!!!!"

Perhaps this is a comment on their lack of sexual restraint?

[EggsAckley]

I was looking at a very elegant, very professional web site that sells very expensive hot tubs last night. I must have found eight or ten examples of the misuse of the words "there, their, and they're." I'm amazed that someone hasn't proofread that site and corrected the mistakes.

[SuperSonic]

Spell Checker

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

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