Is it "Your" or "You're"?

13 years ago

Yes, "You're Friends" means "You are friends," but you're friends could be correct if the person meant to infer that reader was friends with someone. You didn't tell us the context, but I'm guessing it was an incorrect usage. Having said that, don't be surprised if you just stirred up a a small hornet's nest. This topic often does.

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DianaHeuser

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Yes, "You're Friends" means "You are friends," but you're friends could be correct if the person meant to infer that reader was friends with someone. You didn't tell us the context, but I'm guessing it was an incorrect usage.

Hi Dennis,

Apologies, for not being clearer

They ended it with "You're friends Joe and John". Obviously not their real names of course

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by DianaHeuser

Hi Dennis,

Apologies, for not being clearer

They ended it with "You're friends Joe and John". Obviously not their real names of course

That's incorrect, but it's an example of a mistake that's becoming so common that many people don't think it matters anymore. Another one is the extra apostrophe as in Car's For Sale. No doubt, America is leading the way in this trend

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Dave Patterson

13 years ago

For me the word is LOSE. WTH is with people writing loose...I mean, c'mon now!

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DianaHeuser 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dave Patterson

For me the word is LOSE. WTH is with people writing loose...I mean, c'mon now!

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Oh yes. That one too.
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Steven Wagenheim

13 years ago

You know, I know my grammar very well (I better with an English prof for a
father) but in defense of some people, myself included, sometimes I will write
so fast that I will inadvertently use the wrong word by accident. Then, when I'
go back to proofread, something I don't do at forums, I'll find the mistake.

Point is, I'll sometimes make a post and it has grammar mistakes. It happens
to all of us when we rush and it's not because we don't know the correct
usage of the word.

And yes, some of us don't have a clue.

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kenmichaels

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

And yes, some of us don't have a clue.

That would be me.

If it wasn't for spell check, I would look like i have a 3rd grade education,
and that is on a good day.

I do not even have a good excuse.

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ThomM

13 years ago

Originally Posted by kenmichaels

That would be me.

If it wasn't for spell check, I would look like i have a 3rd grade education,
and that is on a good day.

I do not even have a good excuse.

I just discovered that my spell checker language in FF was on Australian for the last 4 months.

Kept adding u to everything.

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ThomM 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dave Patterson

For me the word is LOSE. WTH is with people writing loose...I mean, c'mon now!

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That would be me (jumps up waving his arms).
For some reason that word gives me fits.
Always has and probably always will
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  Originally Posted by ThomM
  
  That would be me (jumps up waving his arms).
  For some reason that word gives me fits.
  Always has and probably always will
  
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MoneyMagnetMagnate

13 years ago

It's contextual...and Americans are the worst offenders at it -

Your friends helped you out. / You're friends for helping me out.

Your friends Joe and John? You're not friends with those guys...are you?

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KimW

13 years ago

Personally I just find it is just the opposite than what I wrote to the person that seems to feel the need to correct me.

Your and you're
loose and lose
its and it's
while not the same here is another:
affect and effect
there/they're/their

what else folks?

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13 years ago

Thom, that one is easy!
"You would LOSE something if it is too LOOSE."

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ThomM 13 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

Thom, that one is easy!
"You would LOSE something if it is too LOOSE."

Yeah easy for you to say
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13 years ago

It's one of the most common mistakes besides there/they're/their.

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13 years ago

It drives me batty when people write "could of" rather than "could have". I can see why people make the mistake, since most people use "could've" in their speech, but it still makes me a bit crazy.

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Steven Wagenheim

13 years ago

Originally Posted by MaxBounty

It drives me batty when people write "could of" rather than "could have". I can see why people make the mistake, since most people use "could've" in their speech, but it still makes me a bit crazy.

The problem is...the English language is a ******* mess.

I honestly don't know how anybody not born in this country is able to learn it
without going batty.

We have three twos. To, two and too.

Wouldn't one have been enough?

Oh wait, we have two ones. One and won.

So I guess if we have three too's, we should have two won's. It's only fair.

Then why don't we have five fours? We only have two for's. Couldn't we
think up three more fours?

And what about eight? We only have two ate's. Is that two ate's too many?

And don't even get me started on the pronunciations of some of our words.

If four sounds like for, why does sour sound like power? Oh wait, we have a
sour that sounds like four. It's soar. But wait, don't we also have a sore?

And try reading a sentence out of context with the word "read" in it and be
absolutely certain that it's pronounced "red" and not "reed".

And how the hell does reed sound like read but not all the time?

Can we have some ******* consistency in this language, thank you?

Ball, fall, wall, crawl?

Huh?

Couldn't we just make it crall and be done with it?

And why does done sound like fun but spelled like bone that sounds like moan?

And then...as if THAT'S not bad enough, then they throw in won.

So...we have

Done
Fun
Won

Sounds like a Chinese extra in a bad B movie. (B as in be, not bee)

Oh but we're just getting started folks.

If you spell out the letter "W" there is no "W" in the word double-you

And why the hell is cheese not spelled like sneeze?

Sneeze
Freeze
Cheese

What's wrong with that picture? I mean SOMETHING'S out of whack.

Again, can we have some ******* consistency in this language?

What's the difference between ruff and rough?

They sound the same but they sure as hell don't mean the same thing?

Dead
Head
Bed
Fed

Can we PLEASE get our Ed sounds consistent if nothing else?

I mean for crying out loud...it's a short 'e'.

How can you **** up a short e sound?

peak
peek
weak
week
leak
leek

How do English as a second language folks not screw THEM up?

If I was (or is it were) an English as a second language speaking person,
I'd really be up the creek. Or is it creak?

Oh **** it!

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

Great post, Steven. Very entertaining, but um...

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Then why don't we have five fours? We only have two for's. Couldn't we
think up three more fours?

Would you settle for three?

For, fore, four.

Originally Posted by ThomM

I just discovered that my spell checker language in FF was on Australian for the last 4 months.

Kept adding u to everything.

It also keeps calling all the ladies "Sheila." I was starting to think you got hit by one too many boomerangs.

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Steven Wagenheim

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Great post, Steven. Very entertaining, but um...

Would you settle for three?

For, fore, four.

Do I ******* look like I play golf? I do not recognize that monstrosity as a
word...period.

If I were to play golf and I wanted to warn people that I was swinging, I'd
simply yell, "Get out of the ******* way!"

Fore indeed.

And while we're on the subject...floor?

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Do I ******* look like I play golf? I do not recognize that monstrosity as a
word...period.

If I were to play golf and I wanted to warn people that I was swinging, I'd
simply yell, "Get out of the ******* way!"

Fore indeed.

ROFL! Guess you don't sail much either. :p

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Steven Wagenheim

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

ROFL! Guess you don't sail much either. :p

No...I don't. If God wanted us to be on water he would have given us fins.

But you're making my point for, fore, four, me.

This language is messed up.

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

No...I don't. If God wanted us to be on water he would have given us fins.

But you're making my point for, fore, four, me.

This language is messed up.

He did...we grew out of them.

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kenmichaels

13 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate

He did...we grew out of them.

Dude, i am still laughing...

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Tina Golden

13 years ago

I hate it when I see people turning two words into one and that is something I see frequently. I don't usually say anything, as I don't want to be Mrs. Wombat, but it is rather like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

It's a lot, not 'alot'.

It's a while, not 'awhile'.

I'm not talking about people who have English as a second, third or fourth language. I have the utmost respect and admiration for those of you who can master multiple languages.

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Tina Golden

I hate it when I see people turning two words into one and that is something I see frequently. I don't usually say anything, as I don't want to be Mrs. Wombat, but it is rather like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

It's a lot, not 'alot'.

It's a while, not 'awhile'.

I'm not talking about people who have English as a second, third or fourth language. I have the utmost respect and admiration for those of you who can master multiple languages.

Does "alright" bother you, or is it all right?

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Do I ******* look like I play golf? I do not recognize that monstrosity as a
word...period.

If I were to play golf and I wanted to warn people that I was swinging, I'd
simply yell, "Get out of the ******* way!"

Fore indeed.

And while we're on the subject...floor?

Well, consider yourself forewarned after the fact...:p

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Steven Wagenheim 13 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate

And, if we want to get technical...you forgot 'yore' as in "days of"...:p

Another wise ass heard, herd from.
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13 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

The problem is...the English language is a ******* mess.

Sneeze
Freeze
Cheese

What's wrong with that picture? I mean SOMETHING'S out of whack.

Again, can we have some ******* consistency in this language?

What's the difference between ruff and rough?

They sound the same but they sure as hell don't mean the same thing?

Dead
Head
Bed
Fed

Can we PLEASE get our Ed sounds consistent if nothing else?

I mean for crying out loud...it's a short 'e'.

How can you **** up a short e sound?

peak
peek
weak
week
leak
leek

How do English as a second language folks not screw THEM up?

If I was (or is it were) an English as a second language speaking person,
I'd really be up the creek. Or is it creak?

Oh **** it!

Steve you forgot that we've also got

day
pay
may
way
weigh
slay
sleigh

These just rain on our parade as we try to rein in the understanding of the English language as it does reign in exceptions to the rules. :p

Terra

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jimbo13

13 years ago

Last week a tough man from Slough came through Wokingham Borough and bought some cough medicine even though he had hiccoughs.

Don't know about US pronounciation but:

1. uff as in buff
2. ow as in cow
3. oo as in moo
4. urrah as in surra (gate)
5. ort as in sort
6. off as in off
7. oh as in Oh dear
8. up as in hiccup US

Pretty simple if you ask me.

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by jimbo13

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Don't know about US pronounciation but:

1. uff as in buff
2. ow as in cow
3. oo as in moo
4. urrah as in surra (gate)
5. ort as in sort
6. off as in off
7. oh as in Oh dear
8. up as in hiccup US

Pretty simple if you ask me.

Dan

I'm with you except for number 5. I don't get the "r" sound in "bought."

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jimbo13

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

I'm with you except for number 5. I don't get the "r" sound in "bought."

Okay Dan, how about awt then for bought.

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Dan Riffle 13 years ago

Originally Posted by jimbo13

Okay Dan, how about awt then for bought.

Dan

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Karen Blundell

13 years ago

you're not alone, Diana. But I blame our public education system for the lack of good grammar and spelling that seems to be prevalent among the younger generations.

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Blundell

you're not alone, Diana. But I blame our public education system for the lack of good grammar and spelling that seems to be prevalent among the younger generations.

You mean the one what teaches Readin', Riten' and 'Rithmetic?

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Tina Golden

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dave Patterson

And does anybody besides my sister call a URL "Earl"?

I do

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Does "alright" bother you, or is it all right?

I hate 'alright' but technically it's not an error at this point. After a mistake has been around for over a century, I guess it becomes part of the language :rolleyes:

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Tina Golden

I do

I hate 'alright' but technically it's not an error at this point. After a mistake has been around for over a century, I guess it becomes part of the language :rolleyes:

That's news to me!

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LynnM

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

I'm with you except for number 5. I don't get the "r" sound in "bought."

That's because English people don't pronounce their rs! (or should that be r's?)

P.S. Dennis, yes Slough's a town.

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

13 years ago

Originally Posted by LynnM

That's because English people don't pronounce their rs! (or should that be r's?)

P.S. Dennis, yes Slough's a town.

Well, c'mon you're in Scotland...the Scots rrrrroll so many rrrrrr's you have to carrrry them in a wheel barrrrow!

Not that that's not grrrreat! (it just leaves fewer r's for everybody else :p :rolleyes

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate

Well, c'mon you're in Scotland...the Scots rrrrroll so many rrrrrr's you have to carrrry them in a wheel barrrrow!

Not that that's not grrrreat! (it just leaves fewer r's for everybody else :p :rolleyes

That sounds like a real pain in the r's.

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Dennis Gaskill 13 years ago

Originally Posted by jimbo13

]Slough ]
2. ow as in cow

Is that a town, is that why you capitalized it? It's also a stagnant swamp or something cast off (like a snakeskin) and pronounced "slew".

Add a "y" to the end and you have sloughy, which can mean soft and watery or moral degradation, and then it's pronounced more like your example with a long e at the end (would rhyme with cow-ee).
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13 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

The problem is...the English language is a ******* mess.

I honestly don't know how anybody not born in this country is able to learn it
without going batty.

We have three twos. To, two and too.

Wouldn't one have been enough?

Oh wait, we have two ones. One and won.

So I guess if we have three too's, we should have two won's. It's only fair.

Then why don't we have five fours? We only have two for's. Couldn't we
think up three more fours?

And what about eight? We only have two ate's. Is that two ate's too many?

And don't even get me started on the pronunciations of some of our words.

If four sounds like for, why does sour sound like power? Oh wait, we have a
sour that sounds like four. It's soar. But wait, don't we also have a sore?

And try reading a sentence out of context with the word "read" in it and be
absolutely certain that it's pronounced "red" and not "reed".

And how the hell does reed sound like read but not all the time?

Can we have some ******* consistency in this language, thank you?

Ball, fall, wall, crawl?

Huh?

Couldn't we just make it crall and be done with it?

And why does done sound like fun but spelled like bone that sounds like moan?

And then...as if THAT'S not bad enough, then they throw in won.

So...we have

Done
Fun
Won

Sounds like a Chinese extra in a bad B movie. (B as in be, not bee)

Oh but we're just getting started folks.

If you spell out the letter "W" there is no "W" in the word double-you

And why the hell is cheese not spelled like sneeze?

Sneeze
Freeze
Cheese

What's wrong with that picture? I mean SOMETHING'S out of whack.

Again, can we have some ******* consistency in this language?

What's the difference between ruff and rough?

They sound the same but they sure as hell don't mean the same thing?

Dead
Head
Bed
Fed

Can we PLEASE get our Ed sounds consistent if nothing else?

I mean for crying out loud...it's a short 'e'.

How can you **** up a short e sound?

peak
peek
weak
week
leak
leek

How do English as a second language folks not screw THEM up?

If I was (or is it were) an English as a second language speaking person,
I'd really be up the creek. Or is it creak?

Oh **** it!

I would to have the opportunity to sit down with a linguist and ask him how all the spelling and grammatical rules are determined.

"I before E except after C"? What the hell difference does the 'c' make?
Though and tough. How does 'gh' become an 'f'?
And, 'women'.
Here's one that's not a word but could be; photi = fish.

This could go on forever.....

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by MaxBounty

It drives me batty when people write "could of" rather than "could have". I can see why people make the mistake, since most people use "could've" in their speech, but it still makes me a bit crazy.

Add should have and would have to that list as well.

Spoken errors that get up (sorry waterotter :rolleyes

my nose include calling an asterisk an asterix, and ECK cetera instead of ET cetera, although technically that should be pronounced AY cetera.

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

Add should have and would have to that list as well.

Spoken errors that get up (sorry waterotter :rolleyes

my nose include calling an asterisk an asterix, and ECK cetera instead of ET cetera, although technically that should be pronounced AY cetera.

A coworker recently had a problem querying a database. THEN, he caught on that I was pronouncing the word differently. He said "It IS asterik, right?"? I said "Well, I have always said asterisk!". He tried the change, and got a response quickly!

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

13 years ago

There are a lot of words in the English language that sound very much alike, but mean totally different things. Take the words 'censored', and 'censured' for instance...

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13 years ago

Many people often get confused with 'you're' and 'your'.

In the following case, it should be 'Your Friends'
ex:
Your Friends
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13 years ago

Hi Di.

I hope you're (you are

) not being anal because that would mean I am anal too.

The one that drives me crazy is "I could care less."
If you could care less, then you could care less.

I couldn't (or could not) care less is the appropriate form of that phrase.

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13 years ago

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to writeUP a report?

We call UP our friends. And we use it to br ighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UPthe leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP,look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.

When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.

When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so............ Time to shut UP.......
The rose is opening up...the flower is opening up.

The rose up in the garden is opening up.
Peanuts is up on his kennel flying up in his mind.

He is keeping up with those flying behind him.

The bird is flying up in the air..

You can see the bird up in the air.

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Dan Riffle

13 years ago

Originally Posted by waterotter

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to writeUP a report?

We call UP our friends. And we use it to br ighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UPthe leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP,look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.

When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.

When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so............ Time to shut UP.......
The rose is opening up...the flower is opening up.

The rose up in the garden is opening up.
Peanuts is up on his kennel flying up in his mind.

He is keeping up with those flying behind him.

The bird is flying up in the air..

You can see the bird up in the air.

That's f***ed up.

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Steven Wagenheim 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

That's f***ed up.

As I said...

This language is messed up.
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LarryC

13 years ago

<< There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."

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Yeah, what's up with that?

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cvcena

13 years ago

LOL... Thanks for the laugh...

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seasoned

13 years ago

And DON'T you hate it when someone says "Can someone advice me about which build in modem is best"?

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Dave Patterson

13 years ago

And does anybody besides my sister call a URL "Earl"?

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seasoned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dave Patterson

And does anybody besides my sister call a URL "Earl"?

URL is an akronym, for Uniform Resource Locator. So it SHOULD be pronounced U.R.L.. Then again, R.A.M. has been pronounced RAM, like the animal, since the 1970s. And PROM has been pronounced like the highschool one, since the 1970s. And ROM has been pronounced like the name. So who knows. I STILL pronounce every letter, for URL, though.

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irisbass

13 years ago

i usually make this kind of mistakes cuz its more convenient for us to simplify some words and we can take sth down in shorthands.what matters is that we know which occasion is more flattering and make right choice,which is more vital.

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HeySal

13 years ago

A store owner offered me a complimentary box of tissues once. I was a little down so I thought they'd cheer me up and took them home. Damned things never said one nice thing about me or anything else. If they hadn't been complementary, I'd have asked for a refund.

I've also heard that a woman can never have too many principals. I'm not sure why anyone would have a fetish over school administrators as I've always found them fairly mundane. Maybe I just have too many principles to figure it out.

And when you step in a creek, why does it splash instead of creak? I'm gonna get a crick in my neck thinking about that one.

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The A

13 years ago

LOL, I'm a non-native speaker and at campus I'm studying english. Never knew that this kind of topic is being discussed on Warrior Forum too

Anyway, I believe it's just a mispelled phrase, he meant to write "your"

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Ken Shorey

13 years ago

Here's another on the drives me crazy: our and are

Taking are car to the repair shop.

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Green Moon

13 years ago

Originally Posted by DianaHeuser

... everytime I see "You're" used instead of "Your" I feel like joining Lynn Truss' (of the "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" book) vigilante party, resplendent with balaclava and thick red pen.

It drives me NUTS

. Am I just being anal?

Di

It's not just you! I've never been able to understand why people don't know the difference. Don't they know about contractions? Do they think the apostrophe is just there for decoration?

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bailbondsguys

13 years ago

Another common mistake is "its" and "it's". When you use the possessive form of this word it is (it's) correctly spelled without an apostrophe.

Correct use: "it's"
It's something a lot of people do wrong.
Meaning:
(It is) something a lot of people do wrong.

Correct use: "its"
I saw a monster and it had sharp teeth in its mouth.
Meaning:
I saw a monster and it had sharp teeth in its (possessive) mouth.

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lcombs

13 years ago

Here's one too many get wrong even though it has an easy solution.

Is it "You and I are going", or "You and me are going"?
And, what's (whats' ;-) ), the solutinon?

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MoneyMagnetMagnate 13 years ago

Lets look at the word Literally...

lit·er·al·ly/ˈlitərəlē/Adverb:
1. In a literal manner or sense; exactly: "the driver took it literally when asked to go straight over the traffic circle".
2. Used to acknowledge that something is not literally true but is used for emphasis or to express strong feeling.

So, in one sense, it means exactly - and in the other sense it means not exactly true...
How can you take the word literally literally...when it literally contradicts what it literally means? :confused:
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Cataclysm1987

13 years ago

Originally Posted by DianaHeuser

It drives me NUTS

. Am I just being anal?

WHAAAAAT????

No. It is the same in American English. Grammar rules are identical.

Although at 1 AM after a few drinks, the word anal definitely takes on a new meaning. Sorry...

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