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To: ConservativeMan55
"If your a Democratic presidential candidate..maybe you should just join a lobbyist group for the next four years or something. Cause I don't think your going to be taking that man's job anytime soon."

CM55, I know you're not the writer, so this is not directed to you, but it is directed to whoever wrote the transcript of the show.

I've held back as long as I can in addressing the misspelling of this word. The correct spelling, as it is used in these sentences is "you're." It is the contraction of the words "you" and "are." The word "your" is a possessive meaning something that belongs to "you."

And while I'm at it, let's get straight on the words "there, they're, and their."

"There" specifies a place.

"They're" is a contraction of "they are," the third person plural of the verb "to be."

"Their" is the possessive denoting something that belongs to "them." /rant

Now, for those of you who are technicians of linguistics, correct me where I have spoken in error, but at least I have said my piece.

388 posted on 10/06/2004 7:07:45 PM PDT by good1 (Hurry to meet death, lest another comes and takes your place.)
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To: good1

??? You dredged up this old thread to correct someone's English?!!? There must be an inside joke here somewhere........


389 posted on 10/06/2004 7:10:35 PM PDT by SW6906
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