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[Teilyr]

I just need to mention.. 1 little, tiny thing.

Your.

Can we PLEASE start using this word correctly?

In the past, I'd go off on a tangent about this or that but, it occurs to me that some people may not know what the problem is. So, *pops on the professor hat* I'll teach ya!

(or rather, dictionary.com will. YES I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE but it's 2:30 am and I'm too tired to type it all out myself.)

Your = American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source
your (yŏŏr, yôr, yōr; yər when unstressed) Pronunciation Key
adj. The possessive form of you.

1. Used as a modifier before a noun: your boots; your accomplishments.
2. A person's; one's: The light switch is on your right.
3. Informal Used with little or no sense of possession to indicate a type familiar to the listener: your basic three-story frame house.


You're = Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
you're /yʊər; unstressed yər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[yoor; unstressed yer] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
contraction of you are: You're certain that's right?
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Now. Please. Pass this around and educate people. If I have to see someone say something like "your really missing out" again, I'm probably going to explode. And I just cleaned my room. So please. Save my room from my bloodnguts.

Thank you.

The proceeding has been brought to you by the lowercase letter b. It's a backwards d or an upside down p.

[Sharon Daniel]

It's not gonna' happen. Sorry. Your in over you're head.

[Teilyr]

I should stab you in the neck with a noodle.

[Exate]

I should stab you in the neck with a noodle.

That's a tad bit cruel; almost as cruel as me choke-slamming people with my earlobes.

Good to know I'm not the only person irked by such a mistake. =x But, alas... my grammar nazi days are over. I prefer to punch cats now.

Edit Where the **** did that 's' come from?

Edited by Exate, 30 July 2007 - 08:26 PM.

[Teilyr]

Well, you just made my signature. Congratulations.

[Sharon Daniel]

In most cases, correcting a person's grammar or spelling online usually yields a response such as, "i dont care its teh intrenet" or just "i dont care". So, I've concluded that most people... don't care.

[Teilyr]

As an apathetic person, I refuse to believe that. Not caring about things requires the intellect to do so. As such, the people who you refer to should not be allowed on this "internet" that you speak of.

Whatever that is.

(What? Aren't you looking at a bowl of spaghetti?)

Regardless, this message isn't for Joe Internets that only uses the net for email, porn, and emailporn. It's for those that do actually want to be taken seriously out here, but haven't been educated enough to know the difference in the words.

If they still don't change after that point, they should consider employment as a dart board.

[Sharon Daniel]

Well, my guess is that they initially lack the knowledge, but upon being corrected they refuse to comply. Which is dumb, but it happens. I've seen such cases on PureZC a few times.

[Hunter P Brown]

Homonyms piss me off, end of story. Not that I don't try to correct myself when I do a spelling mistake similar, but still...I hate those words. Like Your/You're.

Damn it, I'd love to finish this post, but my monitor is flipping out again. Oh, well. See an edit in a few minutes...or in a few days (if no one else posts. lol)

EDIT: Okay there we go. But I forgot what I was going to say. Oh, well, I think I got the point across.

[Teilyr]

No. You didn't. Please hang up and try this post again. This is a recording.

As for non-compliant members, I only wish to educate those willing to receive it. Those unwilling to are not worth my time, and are welcome jump off of a bridge.

I'm trying to be nice about all this. It's not in my nature.

Anyway, I'm not trying to correct the masses. Correction and education are different, believe it or not. (Least, in my little world they are.) I'm not the type of person that goes around correcting every little thing. Such is why I'm not a moderator.

Oh wait. .. I am.

... Crap.

As a sidenote, I just passed 4100 posts. And it only took me 5 years!

[Spantac]

If I have to see someone say something like "your really missing out" again, I'm probably going to explode.

To be honest.

But some people can't help it. I can't deal with the alphabet, personally.

[Teilyr]

* Teilyr sighs.

Ya know, people think I'm being mean. Anyone who's seen my actions in past.. This is about as nice as I get when it comes to the bastardization of the English language.

People are going to be lazy. People aren't gonna care. Whatever. I don't care about those people.

As I've said.. 3 times now, this topic is for the uneducated that wanna learn. If this doesn't apply to you, then I do not require your negative feedback, stating what a lazy bloke you are.

Grazi.

To be honest.

By the way... What? To be honest .. ? What.. are you talking about? You posted something I said, then said "to be honest." Care to clarify? I'd appreciate it.

[Spantac]

By the way... What? To be honest .. ? What.. are you talking about? You posted something I said, then said "to be honest." Care to clarify? I'd appreciate it.

Means I agree.

[Siguy]

ZOMG! gRAmMar NaZi!!!one1one1!!1!!

j/k

Seriously, everyone knows the difference by the time they're in fifth grade, it's just a common mistake. When you're typing fast you're hands often out of habit try for the easier spelling of the word you're (typo: your) thinking in your head. I usually correct mistakes like that immediately, but sometimes I miss a typo. Don't get too (typo: tpp) worked up about it, it'll happen.

[Mitchfork]

Maybe you should start a series? We could hound people for incorrect capitalization, comma usage, spelling pallette correctly, run-ons, and personal hygiene. I think it would be a service to the community.