Handy grammar guide
POSTED BY: PhoenixRose
UPDATED: Friday, August 17, 2007 18:08
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Okay, I see many people say "It peeked her interest" or something like that. This drives me crazy. I have added peek, peak, and pique to the top post.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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Originally posted by sab39:
The difference between "effect" and "affect" is very simple in fact: one's a noun, one's a verb!
If it affects you, then it has an effect on you.
Dong ma? :)
Stuart.
Oh, I don't want to take something easy and make it difficult, but this isn't quite true.
Effect (v.t.) to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish: to effect a change.
Granted, this isn't commonly used, but it's correct. Most of the time, you're safe using sab39's rule.
"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."
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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
It’s = it is. As in "It’s a crying shame that Firefly was cancelled." Also used for it has, as in "It’s rained every day this week."
Its = possessive term. As in "The Alliance retracted its statements."
You've almost convinced my atheist self to become an agnostic. If you'd just had a thread with this in it, that would have been awesome.
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*bump* 
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Hehehe, that's a great pic! I fixed it so it'll show up here:
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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Feel like bumping this again. Would like to see a lot more people using 'a lot' rather than 'alot'(*twitch*)
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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I would like to promote the proper spelling of my haircolour. I am blonde. My boyfriend however is blond. (and oh Im a girl.. just mentioning it so the point might come across clearer)
Thanks for the thread by the way. English is not my native language so this was helpful.
Constance
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OK, I was so fascinated by this that I looked it up on dictionary.com:
—Usage note The spelling blonde is still widely used for the noun that specifies a woman or girl with fair hair: The blonde with the baby in her arms is my anthropology professor. Some people object to this as an unnecessary distinction, preferring blond for all persons: My sister is thinking of becoming a blond for a while. As an adjective, the word is more usually spelled blond in reference to either sex (an energetic blond girl; two blond sons), although the form blonde is occasionally still used of a female: the blonde model and her escort. The spelling blond is almost always used for the adjective describing hair, complexion, etc.: His daughter has blond hair and hazel eyes.
So it sounds like there is a gender involved in the spelling (who knew? I didn't!) but it's not a hard and fast rule.
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Originally posted by Darkfly:
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
A troll's hair is still pointy, even when it's wearing a hat.
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