Grammarnazi Rage Lesson
Your and you're. There's a difference, and every single time I see someone using the wrong form, it makes me so mad.
Because I'm so fed up with it, Basil is getting a little grammar lesson.
We were supposed to learn this stuff in fourth grade, so for those of you who forgot:
[b]Your[/b] = Possessive. You use this for when you're talking about something someone has. Correct: "Your grammar is terrible." Incorrect: "I think your an idiot."
[b]You're[/b] = Contraction for "You are." If you can't say "You are" in place of this, something is wrong. Correct: "You're still reading this? WHOA." Incorrect: "Give me you're number for still reading this thread."
Fourth. Grade. Grammar.
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@above 1. Wat
2. I was talking about in general. Basil's not a video game, and this is in the 'Not Related to MS' section.
Your mad cuz ppl r puerile wen it comes 2 being grammatically correct? ...in a video game?
[quote=permadragons]i wud lik two thank u fir you're lessons i hope yur goin two continue them[/quote]
In a topic dedicated to good grammar, wouldn't it be a better idea to display more grammar mistakes than mistakes in spelling/capitalization/punctuation?
@Quote He's just joking. When I made this thread, I expected this to happen anyway. No real harm done.
i wud lik two thank u fir you're lessons i hope yur goin two continue them
People write like this on essays and reports as well. It's not just the internet.
[quote=Pwnagewafflez]@iunhealu Oh, but some of those are sixth grade English.
People don't seem to have the mental capacity.[/quote]
have you taken the sat? this stuff is all on it. most people get quite a bit wrong on the sat writing/reading sections.
@iunhealu Oh, but some of those are sixth grade English.
People don't seem to have the mental capacity.
you should also
1. teach people how to use scare quotes
2.when to use less/least/fewer/fewest/ect.,
3.when to use take/bring, were/we're
4.subject verb agreement
5.difference between and adj and an adv
6. modifiers
7. pronouns
8. limiting modifiers
9. free modifiers
10. parallelism
11. bleh i don't want to think of more
I just decided to talk about your/you're because that's what I see most often. The others piss me off as well. People seem to have forgotten how to English.
I have to admit, 'affect' and 'effect' irritate me a bit .
You should be a teacher. You could raise your own little grammarnazi army.
Everyone who can type coherent English is probably aware of the difference between the two homonyms.
I don't think any number of grammar lessons is going to change their willing ignorance of the fact.
Thank you. I hate it when people misspell that too. >.<
There's no 'A' in "Definitely" because if you spell it with an 'A' then you're definitely an "A"-hole.
I honestly use that to remember how to spell Definitely.