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posted February 19, 2010 03:54 PM         

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Do you speak English?

Maybe you think you do.

But here's a quick refresher course
for those of you who regularly
misuse "your" and "their".

Unless you want to wave a sign around
that says to people, right-off-the-bat,
"hey, I'm probably not too bright"...

Pay Attention!

I'm assuming it involves an affliction
to your Mercury, since those are just as
common as these grammatical errors.

Don't feel bad,
I've got an afflicted Mercury, too.
No doubt, it manifests in other,
equally thoughtless ways.

Now, try to bear with me here:

"you're" is an abbreviation of "you are",
so, if you want to say "you are here",
you would say "you're here", not "your here".

Sounds simple enough, right?

Let's continue...

"your" signifies possession, so,
if you want to say "the hat that belongs to you",
you would say, "your hat", not "you're hat".

I know, I know, this is First Grade sh*t.

But many of you still haven't got it down.

So let's continue, shall we?

When you want to say "they are going",
you would write "they're going", as
opposed to "there going" or "their going".

"There" is a place,
while "their" signifies possession
(just like "your"!).

Wow, this is really simple!

I almost feel silly having to
explain this to so many of you.

My apologies to those of you
who have no need for this lesson.

Tomorrow we'll be learning
our Right from our Left.

So, stay tuned!

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posted February 19, 2010 03:57 PM         

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I'm such an ass!

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posted February 19, 2010 03:58 PM         

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lol I always notice these type of errors too...
but sometimes people just want to write 'your' because its easier than writing 'you're' all the time.

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posted February 19, 2010 03:59 PM         

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alas!

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posted February 19, 2010 03:59 PM         

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Nobody is taking English 101 on this forum ok...

HaHa

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posted February 19, 2010 04:06 PM         

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correct you are.

but maybe they should have taken it
BEFORE posting on this forum?

Me and my lost causes
(damn Merc/Mars in the 12th)...

We now return you to your
regularly scheduled class:

Soul Mates 101

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posted February 19, 2010 04:09 PM         

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Don't worry I have Mercury in Gem square Mars in Pisces. However, it doesn't really play out for me like the aspect would suggest.

I'm not a screamer if you will..
(wait a min)

okay ill stop

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posted February 19, 2010 04:20 PM         

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yer down-write silly

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posted February 19, 2010 04:21 PM         

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Valus, I'm an English major so alas I am weary of the same grammatical errors.

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posted February 19, 2010 04:22 PM         

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I was on FB yesterday and someone wrote:

"i don't know weather i'll be able to come to your party"

on a friends wall. Unreal.

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posted February 19, 2010 04:25 PM         

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weather???

lmao

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posted February 19, 2010 04:29 PM         

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witch is toadaly acepteble in sum circles.

as long as it is easily understood and knot on en afficial doctorment, it done matter too me. Wen I see it on dat letterhead or in official doctrormant, it bugs me a bet.

many people with exceptional math skills and science skills or engineer types, have know klu about dem write wayz too spell stuff and grammer. yer folks done want em not to post, just cuz a dat now do yers?

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posted February 19, 2010 04:30 PM         

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^^^ you are cracking me up

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posted February 19, 2010 04:35 PM         

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Drives me NUTS!!!!!!

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posted February 19, 2010 04:37 PM         

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i'll take a good man with bad grammar any day of the week, not sure exactly WHERE I would take him, but I would take him.

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posted February 19, 2010 04:44 PM         

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eh

i find that people that value intellectualism will make more a conscious effort to learn you're/your, too/two/to, there/their/they're or just grammar conventions in general. for others, it's just not a priority.

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posted February 19, 2010 04:56 PM         

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posted February 19, 2010 05:03 PM         

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actually this is the first time in two weeks i have even posted in one of your threads valus, not exactly seeking you out.. enjoy your day.

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posted February 19, 2010 05:04 PM         

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Wow, I'm really proud of you.

You may kick the habit yet!

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posted February 19, 2010 05:07 PM         

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you don't have to be so mean because we don't agree on a lot of things valus. it really is not neccesary.

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posted February 19, 2010 05:09 PM         

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lol, amowls..
a good point,
but a depressing one.

i wonder if, someday,
knowing right from left
will be a matter for intellectuals.

oi vey!

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posted February 19, 2010 05:09 PM         

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posted February 19, 2010 05:13 PM         

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you've convicted me of some of the most deplorable things, all on account of my disagreeing with you. I'm not interested in your pretense at playing nice.

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posted February 19, 2010 05:26 PM         

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it's kind of petty to focus on grammar. if you can express your thoughts clearly without perfect grammar, it's not really an issue.

i'm sure a lot of people have a problem with not using capitalization.

not to mention there are a lot of posters here where english for them is a second or third language. we shouldn't marginalize them or count their ideas less.

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From: formerly Dulce Luna
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posted February 19, 2010 05:29 PM         

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I know the difference between those words, but sometimes I make the mistake because I'm typing 10 miles faster than I'm thinking. Luckily, I correct myself.

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