Ok grammar dunces, here is your chance
Look. I am not a spelling or grammar policeman. I really don;t care if you type ur instead of your, or whatever idiotic thing you CHOOSE to do, but ignorance is punishable by stupidity. It has become quite clear that our nations schools simply cannot teach grammar properly thanks to all of the stupid kids they socially pass though, who hold up their classes. Here are a few simple rules, so you don't look like a @#%$ idiot when you take your SATs, and assume your job in whatever sheet metal factory, or construction company into which you settle:
Your/You're:
You're- You are. You will. You are going to do something.
Your- Implies ownership. Your dog. You own this. It is yours.
There/Their/They're
They're- They are. They are going to make you learn grammar, because you look like a @#%$ idiot.
Their- Implies ownership. It is their flames board. Let them have it.
There- Indicates a position. He is there. Also, a state of being. There it is then.
Pear/Pair (omitting a third)
Pear- A fruit; like Llan, only smarter.
Pair- The number of brain cells Llan has.
Past/Passed
Passed- To achieve a goal or goals to surpass a level. You would have passed the fifth grade in five tries, but they pushed you ahead anyway, in spite of you being a teenager who still has the grip on the English language of a two year old.
Past- time usu. You have been speaking English like you are in the fifth for the past five years.
To/Two/Too
Too- also. I am going to teach your ignorant ass, too.
Two- The number. Llan has two or so brain cells, and one (not 'won') of them is dead.
To- Going to a location. Or moving towards a state (physical or not). I am going to the store.
Too/To are actually difficult for a lot of people. Try this trick next time you are faced with this challenge the rest of us mastered in middle school:
Say in your head "tuh'", as in, I am going tuh the store. It sounds ok, therefore you use "to". Now try this:
I want to go to the store tuh. It doesnt sound right, therefore you use "too"
TabRasa Registered User
Posts: 253
(6/18/02 7:04 am) Reply
Re: Ok grammar dunces, here is your chance
That were the most bestest post! I do beleave I are getting more better at this.
Birgit
Halen Registered User
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(6/18/02 7:04 am) Reply
Re: Ok grammar dunces, here is your chance
Thank you, Emo. I'm glad you took it upon yourself to give a bit of instruction. Unfortunately, with the state of said posters English skills displayed thus far, I am quite sure that they will be dribbling on themselves and returning to their Play-Doh(tm) Fun Factories before getting halfway through your lesson.
Remember it's the thought that counts. Those of us who have the skills to understand your lesson, appreciate your attempt at helping the booger eating mouth breathers be able to express themselves like the rest us us who were blessed with a full 23 pairs of chromosomes. You are a good man, and a great American. Thank you for your efforts.
Re: Ok grammar dunces, here is your chance
AHHH but if you really want a challenge try to figure out the lay/laid/lain thing. I still can't figure that @#%$ out and my teacher has been trying to teach us that for ever.
Re: Ok grammar dunces, here is your chance
Yeah, those are confusing. Like I said, it isn't that I care about mistakes, but ignorance is another issue.
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Damm English ... you can never read literally what you write :P
Btw ... how a so proud country as United States has still aas official language the English? Shouldnt be the American? ( Btw if you use American, maybe you should use castellano - what you call spanish - , more spanish speakers than english speakers on the full continent ).
kiemo Registered User
Posts: 1889
(6/18/02 11:25 am) Reply
umm
I personally never understood the possessive s
Bob's
Bobs
Bobs'
replace Bob with whatever proper noun, adjective, verb, pronoun, adverb, proverb, adjnoun, proadjectnoun, semicolon that can actually fufill these three categories
me always hate the english class, math me better in.
Registered User
Posts: 1645
(6/18/02 11:33 am) Reply
Re: umm
There are two Bobs here.
Bob's ass is large.
Bob doesn't apply to the third, as it's the possessive, except the noun/name ends in S (or Z, depending on the teacher).
Example:
Emodius' personality is different in game than it is on the boards.
( Btw if you use American, maybe you should use castellano - what you call spanish - , more spanish speakers than english speakers on the full continent ).
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