There, their, they're, your, you're, we're, were, where...

[simmers]

The children all ate their sandwiches.

The soldiers polished their rifles.

Put those books over there please.

I found the old shoes in there.

'They're all going to the cinema this evening,'

'I can't see where they're coming from!' he yelled.
there you go, hope thats the right there ! dick

Thanks that answers my question, might as well close the thread. Any need for the abuse?

fair do's ment to call you richard are you a school teacher if so are persistent offenders going to get detention ?

Listen mate don't take it out on me because you're cranky as you've been up since 5am baking bread.

 

[Lark Lane Blue]

What I've often wondered is; if I write a post saying for example, "We should have won today", do some people look at that post and think, "That's not right. He's used 'have' instead of 'of' the stupid ****"?

I really don't know which would be right to use in that situation,I'm not thick but I just struggle with this sort of thing,same with spelling mine isn't the best but if I'm not sure I just Google it


But I did get a B at GCSE which says a lot for GCSE's

"OF" is used, because people hear "should've", a shortening of "should have"...but SOUNDS like "should of"

The "of" thing drives me mental. As does "I'd rather be blue THEN red" or "I'd rather be shot THEN stabbed".
A girl at my girlfriend's work wrote "anythink" in an email to a client last week.

Has anyone mentioned "definately" yet? A spelling I see very often.

 

[SuperbiaInProeliaEL3]

Why is it so hard for people to use the correct one? I see it daily on here, facebook and lots of other sites and it baffles me how many people get it wrong.

The children all ate their sandwiches.

The soldiers polished their rifles.

Put those books over there please.

I found the old shoes in there.

'They're all going to the cinema this evening,'

'I can't see where they're coming from!' he yelled.
there you go, hope thats the right there ! dick

Without coming across as being pedantic....you've missed the apostrophe out ;)

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Whence thy waxing tallt, I beseech, dost thou infer we shallt henceforth speak as I? I trow not!

Never forget, your 'perfect grammar' is an abortion of the language it once was. Born through laziness and people's abhorence for rules and standards, languages change over time. I'm not saying this is good or bad, but those saying it's an "indication of declining educational standards" are simply wrong in every sense of the word.

People have done this for many thousands of years, so why let it bother you? If you have genuine trouble understanding the person who's (whose) inane ramblings your reading then I can't help but feel you're most likely wasting your time anyway.

yep - you're right (in every sense of the word) that post is a real waste of time

What's funny is you missed the incorrect use of 'your' that I put in there on purpose, yet you found a mistake that was completely unintentional haha.

I'm sorry if you had genuine trouble understanding me though because of a misplaced apostrophe, life must be very hard for you.

 

[johnny crossan]

Whence thy waxing tallt, I beseech, dost thou infer we shallt henceforth speak as I? I trow not!

Never forget, your 'perfect grammar' is an abortion of the language it once was. Born through laziness and people's abhorence for rules and standards, languages change over time. I'm not saying this is good or bad, but those saying it's an "indication of declining educational standards" are simply wrong in every sense of the word.

People have done this for many thousands of years, so why let it bother you? If you have genuine trouble understanding the person who's (whose) inane ramblings your reading then I can't help but feel you're most likely wasting your time anyway.

yep - you're right (in every sense of the word) that post is a real waste of time

What's funny is you missed the incorrect use of 'your' that I put in there on purpose, yet you found a mistake that was completely unintentional haha.
I'm sorry if you had genuine trouble understanding me though because of a misplaced apostrophe, life must be very hard for you.

You're right again, life is very hard for me :-)

 

[laserblue]

it's & its.

it's = a contraction of it is or it has. in any other context it's 'its'. (see what i did there?).

 

[Timmmmahhhh]

Has anyone mentioned "definately" yet? A spelling I see very often.

Guilty.

It's only when I'm using my iPhone I get it right, auto correct.

http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

 

[manchester blue]

I really don't know which would be right to use in that situation,I'm not thick but I just struggle with this sort of thing,same with spelling mine isn't the best but if I'm not sure I just Google it


But I did get a B at GCSE which says a lot for GCSE's

"OF" is used, because people hear "should've", a shortening of "should have"...but SOUNDS like "should of"

The "of" thing drives me mental. As does "I'd rather be blue THEN red" or "I'd rather be shot THEN stabbed".
A girl at my girlfriend's work wrote "anythink" in an email to a client last week.

Has anyone mentioned "definately" yet? A spelling I see very often.

Drives me mad too. It's not because of the reason above, it's because people are poorly educated. When I see basic errors like this I value the opinion much less.

I actually saw a poster get "shoo-in" correct on here this week. Mostly posters type "shoe-in" which is quite ridiculous.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

There are a couple of people on here who go a bit odd if you spell refrigeration incorrectly as I once found to my cost. I won't be making that mistake again that's for sure.

 

[quiet_riot]

"I'd rather be shot THEN stabbed".

I think I would too, to be honest.