there their and they're

How about a lesson on punctuation marks? ,;:-~_

elvis wrote:

Does anybody want to go over the proper spelling of "Definitely?" It is not definately, definitly, defenately. That one drives me almost as crazy as they're, their and there.

You forgot "defiantly."

Bczar wrote:

You're wrong, and he'll straighten your butt out as well.

Okay, fruitcake, here's one of about ten thousand online sources that prove your ignorance:

I should warn you that the relevant material is written in English.

Copy desk chief wrote:

Okay, fruitcake, here's one of about ten thousand online sources that prove your ignorance:

English.

Read all of the information.

teaching you wrote:

No, "Homonym Hairy" works just fine.

You don't know the difference, that's clear

Eats Shoots and Leaves wrote:

I'll field this one.

It's is a contraction that always means: It is. For example: "Look, it's an ugly baby."

In contrast to all other words when you mean ownership by an it, you use 'its', with no apostrophe. For example: "Look the baby is sucking its thumb."

Tomorrow's lesson will be "i.e. vs e.g"...stay tuned.

It's and Its', what's the difference?

And lose this:

SAME EXACT or EXACT SAME

Wrong!

I hear and read 'professionals' in the media and print make this chronic error.

It should be

"exactly the same" or "precisely the same".

Thank you for this forum.

It's and Its', what's the difference?

My own personal grammatical pet peeve. THERE IS NO SUCH WORD AS *ITS'* ! The apostrophe ALWAYS goes between the last 2 letters or NOWHERE. Remember that, and you have half a chance of remembering which one is the contraction and which is the possessive.

Hmmmm...why do you jump to conclusions about someone's sexual preference in This scenario?

Methinks thou dost protest too much.

I remember doing this at primary school.The teacher was a lovely scots woman.Some scots have that lovely accent that needs subtitles even to the rest of the English speaking world.So miss Gordon is trying to explain to a group of grade 4 kiwi kids the their,there and they're differences in her very strong accent.No chance. Recently we were in Scotland on Holiday and seemed to be having no problems with accents until I went into a shop to buy some bread and milk.It was in a small town in southern Scotland near Wanlockhead.The young lady who served me was a stunner but unfortunately had a cleft palate.This however did not detract from her beauty.If you Ever want a challenge in life try communicating with someone who has a very broad scots accent and a cleft palate as well.

I think you mean "Damn!"

Damn: Those people at XXX place are damn fools!

Dammit: God dammit, I need a beer!

Damned: The price you pay for running is to be damned to a lifetime of being skinny.

Dam: Those people who are near that dam in California are screwed.

(god damn, I hope I didnt make any errors in this post)

DAMN!

I need to lay off the vino!

Had some major family shit hit the fan this week. I'm gettin drunk and terrorizing the boards!

Look out below!!!!!!!!!!!

you forgot;

Thar: meaning across the way, as in "Hey you over thar", or "Hey thar, whatar you doing laddy?"

dukerdog wrote:

I hate people that do that to.

BadgerRun wrote:

I don't think you're in any position to hate on anybody. You might want to think about switching to "also" to avoid further confusion.

marion the grammarian wrote:

people who do that, too.

dukerdog wrote:

Dam!

GHN wrote:

I think you mean "Damn!"

Here guys, maybe this will help.

Remsleton wrote:

It's and Its', what's the difference?

It's = it is (contraction)

Its = belonging to it (possessive)

Its' = nothing

teaching you wrote:

No, "Homonym Hairy" works just fine.

Homonyms are words that are spelled and sound alike but have different meanings: BEAR/BEAR,

Homophones are spelled differently, sound the same, have different meanings: THEY'RE/THERE/THEIR

Homographs are spelled alike, but sound different: LIVE/LIVE

Understand, rubberband? (American cockney slang)

bump, for all the high schoolers out there...

oh, and when in the bloody hell did rubberband become slang? never heard someone get called a rubberband as an insult, only as a comparison. man, you need to work on your slang just a bit. toolbox.

What about theer, thier, and they'er????