Posted on 11/11/2004 8:50:12 AM PST by TChris
OK, first off, for those who couldn't care less about their use of English and/or spelling, please don't read further; flame me and get on with your day.
For the rest, please allow me to point out a pet peeve in many Internet posts and publications: the misuse of the words "there", "their" and "they're". Some folks just can't seem to pick the right one.
The word "there" is usually used as an adverb or pronoun, and sometimes as an adjective.
Examples:
The word "their" is an adjective; the posessive form of "they"
Example:
The word "they're" is the contraction of "they" and "are", so it should only be used where it would be proper to substitute those two words.
Example:
Thank you. This has been your two minute English lesson for the day. Let the flaming begin. :-)
Next Lesson: The subtle differences between the words "lose" and "loose".
My biggest problem is the "their/thier" misspelling.
They're is that better?
There there. When it comes to spelling errors, they're theirs, not yours. :)
LOL. Yes! (There finally starting to get it!)
Yes, subtle and nuanced as those differences are.
However, maybe I am something of a language purist. I even use "whom" instead of "who" when appropriate.
I know all of this. I went to Catholic gradeschool...
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.
Yes, it's about time someone mentioned that too! Then we can cover "two", "to" and "too."
I'm stuned that they'res a differences
Hey, this problem is hugh! ...but I'm pretty series about my English.
Wear to begin...........
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.
Just to throw in a few more fingernails to scratch on the grammatical blackboard.
For instance, should I have said, "Two words that confuse me ..." or "Two words which confuse me ... "
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.
Perhaps this is a comment on their lack of sexual restraint?
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.
Spell Checker
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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.
Author Unknown
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