Posted on 09/22/2011 6:46:15 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
The English language is full of problems like the one presented by there, their and they're. Most native English speakers pronounce these the same way; therefore, it is difficult for some to judge in which situation to use which spelling. Each spelling means a very different thing; if you'd like to learn the difference, read on!
Use there when referring to a place, whether concrete ("over there by the building") or more abstract ("it must be difficult to live there").
Also use there with the verb BE (is, am, are, was, were) to indicate the existence of something, or to mention something for the first time.
Use their to indicate possession. It is a possessive adjective and indicates that a particular noun belongs to them.
Remember that they're is a contraction of the words they and are. It can never be used as a modifier, only as a subject (who or what does the action) and verb (the action itself).
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Try living in Texas. You’ll go crazy with the "I tell you what". That is considered a complete sentence in Texas.
easier to digest than swallowing them HOLE ; )
“This is HUGH!”
Naw! It’s mute and irrevalunt!
To, Two, Too
I’m referring to two tutus too!
Huh?
The two sets of words that really irritate me with their misuse are “less and fewer” and “infer and imply”.
I know my grammer is not the best, but Sister Stella Marie left an indelible mark on my brain (and my knuckles) and it makes me cringe when I hear these words used improperly.
I guess that makes me a grammer nazi, but I would rather be that than an illiterate boob.
Flames may now commence.
Sad to say, but those who don’t properly distinguish these words will not likely read your excellent post, and if they do, their chance of improving such that they’re capable of property usage is not likely to be there.
My own grammar peeves have to do with its/it’s and using “to” for “too”....
“Thyme weights four know won”
Spell czech is knot yore friend!
You posted: But can you pronounce nuclear? Poor George Bush. One would have thought that Laura the librarian would fixed that.
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Lots of people mispronounce “nuclear,” including a former president who served on a “nukeuler” submarine (Carter). Funny, though, he is/was never corrected on that.
Instant internet karma.
Just this morning, leaving my home for work, I noticed my neighbor’s car in the drive with this friendly graffiti by some high school kids: YOUR THE BEST MOM!
Eye no, butt ewe knead it two.
Right across the highway from our place.
Where there will be another FR picnic in July 2012.
“Now if I can just overcome my lifelong addiction to, using, way, too, many, commas, people, would, surely, appreciate, it.”
I tend to insert commas as a way of indicating a pause in the vocalization of a sentence. If I feel a pause when speaking, ya getz a comma when writing!
Andspeedfreaksdon’tusecommasatall!
Sigh.
I have always been fairly good with words like “their,
they’re and there”, but am horrible at the proper use of apostrophes.
LOL - I love it!
Nice place. My sister and I were in Salt Lake City the first weekend of this month for my nephew’s wedding at a ski lodge. We loved the 42 degree temps in the mornings. It was much better than the triple digits here in Texas.
I agree. Blogs are the worst but you also see the same mistakes in “professional” articles.
One that gets me is misuse of question marks. How does one screw that up? They do. Here’s one I just got:
“It looks like the voltage dropped below the setpoint after the rise?”
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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