Proper grammar
POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 03:09
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You're-contraction of you, and are
They're-contraction of They, and are.
Thank you.
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What ya meanin' Guv'na?
Any y'all have a clue what's he's talkin' about?
I ain't gettin' his pickin' on semantics thang,
OMG, O no she di ent...
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Oh no, thank you Oppy. It's been horrendous of late, hasn't it?
If you still have some confusion, please see my Handy Grammar Guide for more tasty grammar and usage pointers.
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=12&t=30118
Really. Please. For the sake of all that is good and decent.
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If it's not in the grammar guide...
"Then" is a sequential measure of time. First this, THEN that.
"Than" is a comparative. It's better to be pissed OFF, than pissed ON.
And the song goes,
"I'd rather be a hammer than a nail,"
NOT
"I'd rather be a hammer THEN a nail."
Meh, I only get testy about it when someone is ranting about another's intelligence - and misspells it "intellegence". And true story: One member actually addressed the following to me: "You are a idiot." And wasn't being ironic about it. :) I saved it; it's priceless.
Mike
Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde
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And I wish folks would remember the extra 'o' in 'too'!
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"Spry for a dead fella!"
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Using a preposition to end a sentence with.
Churchill reportedly said, "That is something up with I will not put."
Not quite true but anusing. http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html
No idea where this started but it is fun.
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Noone was the leader of Herman's Hermits. If the room is empty there is no one there.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Originally posted by Geezer:
Noone was the leader of Herman's Hermits. If the room is empty there is no one there.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
YES!!! Thank you for that!
I've also seen it hyphenated ("no-one"), which is acceptable.
You can have a lot of something, but you better not pay alot for it. :)
Mike
Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde
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Quote:
Originally posted by Freebrowncoat:
Using a preposition to end a sentence with.
Churchill reportedly said, "That is something up with I will not put."
Not quite true but anusing. http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html
No idea where this started but it is fun.
I don't like folks who talk about rain and snow-- why bring weather one would rather stay in out of up for?
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Originally posted by cljohnston108:
And I wish folks would remember the extra 'o' in 'too'!
And don't forget the same goes for "so" when used as an adverb:
"I'm soo tired." People always forget that one.
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