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How to Use There, Their and They're
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Posted on 09/22/2011 6:46:15 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012

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To: Lando Lincoln

And maybe tomorrow we will work on apostrophes. That could take awhile.


41 posted on 09/22/2011 7:21:13 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012; alley cat

Your right! LOL


42 posted on 09/22/2011 7:22:28 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ilovesarah2012
How to Use There, Their and They're

Someone who has to be instructed on how to use these three homophones is already functionally illiterate. The confusion over these three is only the tip of the iceberg.
43 posted on 09/22/2011 7:22:35 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: ilovesarah2012
but as least I can get the basics right!

Always tread lightly when lecturing on others' grammar. An error is inevitable.

44 posted on 09/22/2011 7:24:44 AM PDT by BfloGuy (Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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To: ilovesarah2012
but as least I can get the basics right!

Always tread lightly when lecturing on others' grammar. An error is inevitable.

45 posted on 09/22/2011 7:25:01 AM PDT by BfloGuy (Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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To: cripplecreek

Its/it’s is easy.

“It’s” is a contraction for “it is.” So, if “it is” would make sense, use “it’s.” Example: It’s a nice day. (The sentence, “It is a nice day,” makes sense.)

“Its” is possessive.
Example: The company laid off half of its employees. (You need to use a possessive since the sentence refers to the company’s employees. It would be incorrect to use “it’s” here because, “The company laid off half of it is employees,” doesn’t make sense.)

Now if I can just overcome my lifelong addiction to, using, way, too, many, commas, people, would, surely, appreciate, it.


46 posted on 09/22/2011 7:25:01 AM PDT by FiscalSanity
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To: ilovesarah2012

Another one that makes me crazy is, “then” and “than”


47 posted on 09/22/2011 7:25:01 AM PDT by YellowRoseofTx
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To: ilovesarah2012

Why the grammar lesson? Not everyone wants to sound intelligent, after all. /s

I tend to skip over the comments of the uneducated, unintelligent, and lazy. But if a writer has taken the time to write well, I figure he’s probably got something to say that’s worth hearing.


48 posted on 09/22/2011 7:25:01 AM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: ilovesarah2012

Oh, and another one is “are” and “our”


49 posted on 09/22/2011 7:25:39 AM PDT by YellowRoseofTx
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To: ilovesarah2012

There, their, they’re now ... you, your, you’re getting too upset over this ...


50 posted on 09/22/2011 7:26:33 AM PDT by SkyDancer (A critic is like a legless man who teaches running.)
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To: FiscalSanity
Now if I can just overcome my lifelong addiction to, using, way, too, many, commas, people, would, surely, appreciate, it.

Me, too!

51 posted on 09/22/2011 7:27:22 AM PDT by Lando Lincoln (But that's just me.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

“I have done the same with my kids.”

This also used to be unacceptable. The correct terminology used to be:

I have done the same with my children.

;-)


52 posted on 09/22/2011 7:29:56 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: BfloGuy

...True dat!!!


53 posted on 09/22/2011 7:30:38 AM PDT by gargoyle (...This looks like a good fight, deal me in...)
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To: ilovesarah2012
Your in a Pyle of it now.
54 posted on 09/22/2011 7:33:01 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
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To: ilovesarah2012
I have done the same with my kids. My son (who is not well-educated) knows his grammar and sometimes corrects his friends around me. LOL

Me too. You have to, schools don't diagram sentences anymore.

55 posted on 09/22/2011 7:33:17 AM PDT by truthkeeper (Vote Against Barack Obama in 2012!)
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To: ilovesarah2012

People, people, people. Spelling and word usage— really?

R U RD 4 TS?


56 posted on 09/22/2011 7:34:42 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Rabid democRATS and 0bama the dictator own it all now.)
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To: xsmommy
no, i eschew them.

Do folks complain about your breath? ;-)

57 posted on 09/22/2011 7:36:40 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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To: LearsFool

...There must be something wrong with my face. Strangers come up to me and say, “What’s wrong?” Nothing. “You know it takes more energy to frown than it does to smile.” Yea? You know it takes more energy to point that out than it does to leave me alone. So, why don’t you get out of my face, and watch me start smiling...


58 posted on 09/22/2011 7:40:32 AM PDT by gargoyle (...This looks like a good fight, deal me in...)
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To: ilovesarah2012
I'm a deputized member of the Apostrophe Police....


59 posted on 09/22/2011 7:40:52 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (Obama Voters: Jose Baez wants YOU for his next jury pool.......)
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To: cripplecreek
They’re is easy but I’ve given up on “Its”.

That's easy. When it's "it is", it's "it's", when it's not, it's "its"... ;-)

60 posted on 09/22/2011 7:41:42 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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