The babershop scene in "Get Shorty" offers the best explaination I've heard of the difference between e.g. and i.e. ... winding up with the memorable line from Ray "Bones" Barbone: "E.g., i.e., f*** you! The point is this ..."
Martin
The babershop scene in "Get Shorty" offers the best explaination I've heard of the difference between e.g. and i.e. ... winding up with the memorable line from Ray "Bones" Barbone: "E.g., i.e., f*** you! The point is this ..."
Martin
ok...just for everyone's brain's sake, we're going to have a little grammar lesson. it has nothing to do with any holier than thou issues that i have. i just feel bad for people who don't understand how to write, and it also gets annoying when people make the same mistake over and over and over and over and over and over again. so here goes:
there
any time you're using the word "there" it is going to refer to a place. soooo you're putting my shoes where? over there. in no way does the word there ever refer to a person's belongings...ever.
their
their, unlike there, is an ownership word. who's stuff is this? it's theirs. it belongs to them. there is no instance in the english language where the word "their" is going to mean "they are."
they're
this word means, and only means, "they are"-- always. it has no ownership. it is not a place. What are they doing? They're running.
so let's put it all together:
They're putting their stuff over there.
They're (They are) putting their (ownership) stuff over there (a place).
thank you for your time.
So, when're you going to post on the "your"/"you're" divergence?
I agree with you wholeheardtedly, and I have often fought this futile battle with the posters of letsrun. However, when you post a lesson on grammar expect catch hell for your flagrant disregard for capitalization. Regardless, I wish people would pay attention to your comments; perhaps we should have a clinic on simple English rules.
It's Its' Its
Could you review that for me?
I hate people that do that to.
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.
how about affect vs. effect? that one is always screwed up...
Eye no watt ewe mein. Its knot rite. Ide say awl knead two no the write weigh two right. Fore example, aisle reed stuff where two is used instead of to too mein also. People our asswholes.
Sin surly,
Homonym Hairy
"Where" should be "wear", otherwise you did a very nice job.
Eats Shoots and Leaves wrote:
I'll field this one.
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."
Its is a possessive pronount. Possessive pronouns never take an apostrophe:
my
your
his, her, its
our
your
their
dukerdog wrote:
I hate people that do that to.
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.
dukerdog wrote:
Sin surly,
Homonym Hairy
I think you mean "Homophone Hairy?"
[quote]um, yea wrote:
i just feel bad for people
Wait for Kemibe to tell you the difference between using "bad" and "badly".
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.
dukerdog wrote:
I hate people that do that to.
people who do that, too.
No, "Homonym Hairy" works just fine.
Has no one every told you that a capital letter is required at the start of every new sentence?. It is simple english, they're so cheeky for not telling you where to put a capital letter. There is only thing for it, make them collect their shoes and get the hell of this board.
yo, realist. read what you just wrote, and then slap yourself.
he
she
its
say that 3 times fast
ha ha ha