there, their and they're

LDH

ok, quick posting tips...

There= a location. "The contribution box is over there." or
a quantity. "Last year there were 6,893,298 active JWs."

Their= is possessive. "Is that their bookbag?"

They're= a verb, a contraction for 'they are.' "They're still pioneering after all those years?"

Consider this a short crash course on the above words. With some prompting, I may post on such topics as:

"Your vs. You're"
"to vs. too"
"it's vs. its"

Since Path acknowledged my superior education, I thought it would be selfish of me not to share with the rest of you. As you can see, there is a veritable cornucopia of information for a Master's Level Dissertation of the subject of Correct Syntax of Frequently Misused Words. At some further point, I may post my CV*.

*For Path, "Curriculum Vitae." Used by the more learned in place of the cliched 'resume.'

Edited by - LDH on 5 February 2001 19:34:1

Naeblis

I thank you for you're post. It shows a humble spirit and I am touched at youre wanting to help. They're will be those who may not appreciate what your doing. You know what I say? A pox on them and they're household. You will always have a special place in my heart.

ChuckD

You are onto one of my hot-buttons with that subject. If I had a dollar for every piece of business email that has gone around in my company using "your" in a phrase such as "your all set" (sic), I would be rich. Many of the best writers in my company are those who learned English outside of the U.S. Many of the native speakers are very lazy when it comes to grammar, and rely on the spell checker far too much.

Perhaps they should attend a course on "how to write good".

cd

LDH

Naeblis, you stop it right now. My side is hurting from laughing at your posts.

eyes_opened

lol LDH!

Here's another:

lose=To lose something, as in "I think I'm going to lose my mind!"
loose= To let loose, as in "The dog got loose and chased the cat"

"One Persons Heresy Is Anothers Truth"

ChuckD

Let's not forget the classics:

"It's a mute point"

"I do that alot"

"He must of done that"

.... I am sure there are many more.

RedhorseWoman

Thank you, LDH. However, I think we should proceed directly to the bigtime.....i.e. the linguistic differences between "affect" and "effect".

Can you effect a change that might coincidentally affect my life?

ChuckD

But can I assure you that I will ensure to insure my car?

Frenchy

Whew! This stuff is all going over my head...you guys must really be smart! Chuck mentioned ensure. I always thought that was the stuff they made old people drink so they wouldn't get constipated. Was I wrong? There are so many words that its (or is it it's) so confusion...I think they're or two mini words, don't U?
So I get cornfused sum times. Like I had a bottle of Vitalis next to a bottle of Viagra in my medicine breast and guess what? I forgot which one was which and now my hair is standing on end my throat is burning! What a nocturnal female horse!

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

nelly136

ok I promise to remember my theirs they'res and theres but I can never remember my affects so you'll just have to put up with them,
anyways english is confusing enough even if you've been brought up to speak proper like what I have.
nelly

who doesnt really care if its phonetic as long as she can read it

there, their and they're

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