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Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Nov-25-2004 06:23:

A little pet peeve.

Every thread I've read today and yesterday has had someone spell their/there/they're wrong. I hate that. I thought about putting them all in quotes here so you would know how I cringe every time I read it but I didn't want to call out specific people because everyone does it at one point or another. So we're going to have a lesson.

there - in or at that place, point or stage.
(There is where you made that spelling error.)

their - the possesive of "they."
(It's not their fault they cannot spell, they just never learned properly.)

which brings me to the last one,

they're - the conjunction form of "they are."
(They're going to learn how to spell if it kills them.)

Next time: your and you're, its and it's, and there is no "a" in definitely!

Posted by Ek0nomik on Nov-25-2004 06:25:

[raises hand]

Can I stay after class for lessons?

Posted by Silky Johnson on Nov-25-2004 06:26:

I agreee. You tell 'em!

Posted by Ek0nomik on Nov-25-2004 06:27:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
I agreee. You tell 'em!

Three e's! Burn!!!

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Nov-25-2004 06:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Ek0nomik
[raises hand]

Can I stay after class for lessons?

Har har.

Posted by Mebot on Nov-25-2004 06:28:

don't forget possesives and conjuctions!

Posted by Ek0nomik on Nov-25-2004 06:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
Har har.

Honestly, if someone here didn't know that... well, I can think of many creative ways to rid the matter.

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Nov-25-2004 06:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Mebot
don't forget possesives and conjuctions!

Very important I agree.

I also forgot to mention that I am aware that English might not be everyones first lanuage on this site, which is another reason why I didnt quote people...

Posted by Silky Johnson on Nov-25-2004 06:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Ek0nomik
Three e's! Burn!!!

You think that's a lot? Well I did 4 last Saturday, only one of 'em got me high. Glad it was my birthday and I didn't have to pay.

Posted by Ek0nomik on Nov-25-2004 06:32:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
You think that's a lot? Well I did 4 last Saturday, only one of 'em got me high. Glad it was my birthday and I didn't have to pay.

You kids and your Ex.

Posted by Mebot on Nov-25-2004 06:32:

Posted by Psy-T on Nov-25-2004 06:33:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
You think that's a lot? Well I did 4 last Saturday, only one of 'em got me high. Glad it was my birthday and I didn't have to pay.

happy belated birthday satan

Posted by Ek0nomik on Nov-25-2004 06:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Mebot
didnt should be didn't. It's a contraction.

They're ya go!!!

Posted by Mebot on Nov-25-2004 06:34:

w00t's!

Posted by PhloTron on Nov-25-2004 06:36:

Y HALO THAR!!!!1111

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Nov-25-2004 06:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Mebot
didnt should be didn't. It's a contraction.

I tend to not use apostrophes in online type. Its my own little online rule, plus I have short fingers and its hard for my little pinky to reach that key all the way over there!

Posted by t�bias on Nov-25-2004 06:37:

Theres nothing with our written language.

Posted by Ek0nomik on Nov-25-2004 06:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
I tend to not use apostrophes in online type. Its my own little online rule, plus I have short fingers and its hard for my little pinky to reach that key all the way over there!

Some people don't worry about their, there, and they're's in online type.

Posted by Clovis on Nov-25-2004 07:16:

Eh...it bugs me too...but watevar...

Posted by trancebrat on Nov-25-2004 07:31:

Re: A little pet peeve.

quote:
Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
there is no "a" in definitely!

DEFINITELY!

Ok...I will admit that this is one of my biggest pet peeves!

People will spell definite correctly yet somehow determine that an "a" mysteriously appears when an "ly" is applied to the end. I'm still trying to figure out the reasoning on that one.

Posted by Cloudburst on Nov-25-2004 10:19:

From what I've seen it's usually people from english speaking countries that spell these things wrong...

Posted by Laughingfennec on Nov-25-2004 12:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
Very important I agree.

I also forgot to mention that I am aware that English might not be everyones first lanuage on this site, which is another reason why I didnt quote people...

oooo a girl who thinks like me ...but i know that here not everyone knows english perfectly, and i can undesrtand they make mistakes (the best example is me)...but you are right in one sense, the people who try to make their english better could check other forums than trancEaddict ones (no offence )

Posted by chojin on Nov-25-2004 12:26:

don't let it get to you

Posted by Haak on Nov-25-2004 13:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
Very important I agree.

I also forgot to mention that I am aware that English might not be everyones first lanuage on this site, which is another reason why I didnt quote people...

i notice errors like that more often from people with english as their first language

oh cloudburst already pointed that out, oh well

Posted by Fundamental on Nov-25-2004 13:25:

Re: A little pet peeve.

quote:
Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
Every thread I've read today and yesterday has had someone spell their/there/they're wrong. I hate that.

Their their now, calm down. It's there own thread so you can't tell them what to put in they're.

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