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It's you're...not your
If I see one more "your beautiful" or "your hot" on this website I might have a brain aneurysm. Your is an adjective...you use it to describe something that belongs to someone as in "your face is beautiful." You're is the proper word..."you're hot" You're = you are. It's an extra two characters...it's not that much of a hassle. Does this drive anyone else nuts? Mar 10 06 09:12 am Link Proofreading is a dirty word! The one that drives me nuts is then and than. Mar 10 06 09:15 am Link Kaitlin Lara wrote: Dear, you'll see more than that on this website...and DO NOT be surprised!! Mar 10 06 09:20 am Link Ur totally right! Mar 10 06 09:20 am Link Brian Diaz wrote:
Mar 10 06 09:22 am Link Kaitlin, yanno, I catch myself a little more now when I type things of that nature. LoL ahh the MM proofreader... maybe we should have spell checker and a grammatical checker before we post comments Mar 10 06 10:20 am Link Mar 10 06 10:27 am Link Kaitlin Lara wrote: and they all want English only taught in schools ... go figure. Mar 10 06 10:28 am Link *Smart chicks are hot*  Mar 10 06 10:29 am Link your ( P ) Pronunciation Key (yr, yôr, yr; yr when unstressed) adj. The possessive form of you. Used as a modifier before a noun: your boots; your accomplishments. A person's; one's: The light switch is on your right. Informal. Used with little or no sense of possession to indicate a type familiar to the listener: your basic three-story frame house. Hopefully this clears some things up for everyone. And yes, it is an adjective...and I'm going to be an English teacher! ~Lindsey  Mar 10 06 10:32 am Link pronoun subject She likes homework. object The teacher gave me some homework. possessive This homework is yours. reflexive John did the homework himself. possessive adjective The teacher corrected our homework. It can be used as a possessive pronoun. Mar 10 06 10:36 am Link Kaitlin Lara wrote: Ashleigh Williams wrote: Now that's funny! Correcting the corrector. Classic. Mar 10 06 10:38 am Link That is, if you add an -s. And here we are talking about your vs. you're. Mar 10 06 10:39 am Link oh lord. didnt they teach over and over every year since, what, third grade? now if we were having a math debate......i'd be screwed. Mar 10 06 10:39 am Link It drives me crazy. It isn't hard to figure out guys.. If your sentence calls for the contraction "you're" then try saying the sentence with the two words "you are". Example: You're hot. Your hot. Okay so which is it guys? You are hot. Your hot. Try it sometime. It works with all the other contractions (they're, it's, etc.)...  )Mar 10 06 10:39 am Link One I see is on the announcements on the main page "I'm board" lol Mar 10 06 10:40 am Link [email protected] it gurl!! I think it's funny how people stress the tiny things...things that dont matter...but...yes please when you correct us all... at least make sure it's 100% correct professor!! Mar 10 06 10:46 am Link In this case, "your"vs. "you're," Kaitlin was correct. This is an adjective. No need to hate on her. It's only a poss. pronoun when we are saying yours. This tiny thread is hilarious! Mar 10 06 10:49 am Link No one is hating on her....It is very hilarious!! I love to read the threads where people go nuts over things that make no sense..lol..im like are you serious?!? And the funniest thing about it is that they really are "serious"..lol..it just cracks me up!!Some people just have time on their hands! Mar 10 06 10:52 am Link Ashleigh Williams wrote: I think you made Ashleigh speechless. Mar 10 06 10:54 am Link Common Syntax Errors that Really Grind my Gears: 1. There. Their. They're. "They're in there with their poodle." Got it? Good. 2. Than/Then PLEASE PEOPLE. This is totally elementary (school, literally!) "I'd rather die than give you control." Comparison "If you don't, then I will." Clause 3..... ahh screw it I'm boring myself. Mar 10 06 10:54 am Link LOL Mar 10 06 10:54 am Link David (6of7) wrote: ooh, thats a goodie Mar 10 06 10:54 am Link Personally, I think you's all two funny! Mar 10 06 10:55 am Link Either you're or your are acceptable in the Websters Dictionary... As is potato and potatoe... Mar 10 06 10:56 am Link colour and color. theatre and theater. grey and gray. Mar 10 06 10:59 am Link Hamza wrote: acceptable, but not interchangeable. Mar 10 06 11:05 am Link Kaitlin Lara wrote: Your wrong. Mar 10 06 11:58 am Link Hamza wrote: and, to take it even further (not to be MIStaken for FARTHER, which is used when referring to geographical distance... teehee), it would be: Mar 10 06 12:05 pm Link MadamePsychosis wrote: These are not mistakes. Mar 10 06 12:15 pm Link UnoMundo Photography wrote: I didnt think they were.. I was just throwing around examples of interchangeable spellings. Mar 10 06 12:23 pm Link Who really gives a damn unless you are like some sort of english college professor...or a high school teacher....or someone who revises resumes or papers...please go to another site for that...stop trying to correct people and worry about yourself..some of these models/photogs/stylist/MUAs on this site probrably have more knowledge when you speak to them..rather than worry about how they type..people please go get a life...or a different profession... Mar 10 06 12:29 pm Link "i lyke totly agre wit u ur so rite" Mar 10 06 12:31 pm Link CristinaLex wrote: a good command of the english language will help you in any profession. we're not calling names, so don't get defensive.. it ain't personal! Mar 10 06 12:34 pm Link MadamePsychosis wrote: not saying it is just tired of threads talking about grammer...as i recall these are forums....i know the english language well and have written very good essays for school.. i dont want to have to come to a site where i wanna just chill and chat and worry about some know it all trying to help me write words...and yes...if i can read it and undertsand it ...it makes sense....thats just the way some dumb asses write i could care less as long as they feel good about getting thier point across Mar 10 06 12:37 pm Link MadamePsychosis wrote: where does webster's say that your and you're are interchangeable? they are acceptable, but not interchangeable. Mar 10 06 12:39 pm Link MadamePsychosis wrote: Often, when a woman is board, I'm wood. So, it works out. :-) Mar 10 06 12:42 pm Link I see it on tags all the time but I agree that as long as you understand what is being said then I would let it go. I once had someone here ask me to call them on their cellulite phone. Mar 10 06 12:45 pm Link If this is like a tutorial to you, we won't get along...  Mar 10 06 12:51 pm Link English spelling is chaotic and hard to learn, so I'm tolerant of those who get it wrong. Anyway, with the internet, phonetic spellings are only going to increase. But I hope someone is teaching standard English grammar and spelling...in case somebody wants to get a job one day! Mar 10 06 12:51 pm Link |
