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It's you're...not your
The difference between your and you're is audible. Listen carefully. They do not sound alike. (This is assuming that you can enunciate.) "Your" sounds like "yore." "You're" sounds like you're compressing (or abbreviating) "you" and "are." Same goes for thier/there and they're. Of course this takes more careful listening skills than scansion of a line of dactylic tetrameter. Mar 10 06 05:28 pm Link So I'm a word nerd. Shut up. Mar 10 06 05:29 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: LOL... Brian, your awesome...Oooops Mar 11 06 10:57 am Link elisaveta â wrote: Don't worry, dear; I've covered my bases. In my profile, I wrote: I think you count as someone really special. Mar 11 06 04:29 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: elisaveta â wrote: Don't worry, dear; I've covered my bases. Wow, I feel so honored BD!! Mar 11 06 04:36 pm Link elisaveta â wrote: He doesn't know any vegan recipes for date pie--too much butter and milk and eggs and whipped cream... Mar 11 06 05:34 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: Oh, not to worry, I know substitutes for ALL those!! Mar 11 06 05:37 pm Link how about this instead of you're hot.. Frasher Crane speak: The way this photo best represents the contemporary look into the 2000's is breathtaking, and that's not a overstatement....the way coloring & the use of light was established with recklessness glory can only be a photo of fine taste and be enjoyed for generation to come and scholars to study and debate about... Mar 11 06 07:47 pm Link i've learned so much today...yay...i almost forgot that i am no longer in high school... Mar 11 06 09:58 pm Link I loathe such mistakes too. As I have copy-and-paste posted many times in other forums, if you are one of the unfortunate souls with a lack of understanding the language you speak, please get "Hooked On Phonics" or, drop out of public school and enroll in a private educational learning facility immediately. For those of you who replace the possession of intelligence with a flippant, lackadaisical apathy and think, "Who cares? What difference does it make?" I can tell you in three words - Mars Climate Orbiter. That is the $125 million spacecraft that was lost by NASA engineers on 23 September 1999 because some numbnuts confused metric and non-metric measurements in programming the maneuvering system. Inaccurate communications can produce dire consequences. To quote Mark Twain, "The difference between the right word and almost-the-right-word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." However, one last note, if you're (that's YOU ARE) as sharp as a sack o' wet mice, like Paris "I-May-Be-Hot-And-Wealthy-But-I'm-An-Asshat-Moron" Hilton, feel free to use the words incorrectly:  Mar 11 06 10:05 pm Link "you're...not your" gary, are you reading this?  One of my grammar peeves is the misuse of the word "myself". From http://www.drgrammar.org: Me, Myself, or I? According to The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style, "Myself is best used either reflexively (I have decided to exclude myself from consideration) or intensively (I myself have seen instances of that type). But myself shouldn't appear as a substitute for I or me. Using it that way is thought somehow to be modest, as if the reference were less direct. John and myself repaired the copy machine. (incorrect) Jane drove Sherry and myself to the movies. (incorrect) They should read: John and I repaired the copy machine. (correct) Jane drove Sherry and me to the movies. (correct) This problem most often occurs when someone substitutes the singular, first-person reflexive pronoun myself for one of the singular, first person personal pronouns I or me. Mar 11 06 10:16 pm Link kateyourface wrote: There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't! Mar 11 06 10:32 pm Link Kaitlin Lara wrote: Yes, it drives me nuts!!! lol Their there they're you're your buy bi bye It's confusing, but if this is your language, learn it! Mar 11 06 11:35 pm Link since your speaking with red pencil mentality and i some what agree the below was written and posted by a photogenic 16 year old still exists name with held Sincerely Ron Blake Stats Age 16 Height 5' 5" Hair Color Black Weight 100 lbs Hair Length Long Bust 33" Eye Color Brown Waist 25" Shoe 5 Hips 35" Experience & Availability Some Experience Will travel nationally Fashion Hair/Makeup Other Information I am from Belarus,I am speak russian and a little english.i am learn english.I live in Texas 6 month.I like take a picture.All peoples told me that i am pretty girl.When I live in Belarus i was going in model agency.I want to be a photo model.i live with my mom and my stepdad(he is american).I like USA,i want something to do here.Something its take professional pictures!!!!! Mar 11 06 11:40 pm Link All peoples told me that i am pretty girl.  lolMar 11 06 11:41 pm Link Ron B Blake wrote: I like USA,i want something to do here Mar 11 06 11:42 pm Link Kristin Anne wrote: As to "me" and "I": Another common error is what grammarians call hyper-correction, as in "Between you and I..." Students, having been told repeatedly not to use "me" when the subjective pronoun should be used ("Me and Pete were surprised"), wind up eschewing use of "me" when they should use it, and incorrectly use "I." If anything, the effort to be correct results in arguably worse English than if they had never been taught grammar at all. I'm not sure if the teacher or the student is more to blame. Mar 11 06 11:48 pm Link "it's" versus "its" and a few others are minor annoyances, but "definately" has been a non-stop, constant, source of irritation for me for over 15 years on the NET. I don't know any Nate and I'm sick of seeing him in words he doesn't belong in! Doh! Mar 11 06 11:53 pm Link lets face it if your doing that well it doesnt really matter how good your english is... your not your'e Mar 12 06 12:00 am Link Merlyn_Magic Photo wrote: Just want you to know I got that, Merlyn. Mar 12 06 12:06 am Link gsvb69 wrote: you're not your Mar 12 06 12:06 am Link Oh, it drives me nuts too, but it's so commonplace that we'd have to send people back to schools to fix it. Mar 12 06 12:06 am Link how about "LA" versus "L.A."? i've seen a number of posts - (I work both in New Orleans & Los Angeles) - written with "LA", only to read into the msg & see references to Santa Monica, Hollywood, etc.; just wanna keep my destinations straight ... fml Mar 12 06 12:26 am Link FML-Photography wrote: Yeah. And don't get me started about Iowa and Idaho. They should re-name one of them. Mar 12 06 12:31 am Link |
