Grammar Thread

[TheOsakaKoneko]

Either I never knew or I totally forgot. The apostrophe looks correct in the spots were the 'net is telling me it is incorrect. Glad to know I can still get a 4.0 without knowing this fascinating fact.

Not sure what rule this falls under. The "It's" being incorrect that is.

"Its" is the possessive form. So the thing you quoted is correct. "It's" means "it is", not "its tail".

"Its" is an irregularity among possessives in that it doesn't use an apostrophe, to differentiate it from the "it is" "it's".

This one is actually spelling, not grammar, but I figured it could still go here.

So many people here spell "definitely" as "definately" (or "defiantly") that I was actually starting to wonder if I've been spelling it wrong all along and had to look it up. According to the dictionary, however, my spelling is correct

My spelling sucks, by the way. I know there are a few words that I habitually spell incorrectly, and there would be a lot more that would be messed up if I didn't look them up because I was unsure of the correct spelling.

It's definitely.

[Rev.Reverence]

This one is actually spelling, not grammar, but I figured it could still go here.

So many people here spell "definitely" as "definately" (or "defiantly") that I was actually starting to wonder if I've been spelling it wrong all along and had to look it up. According to the dictionary, however, my spelling is correct

My spelling sucks, by the way. I know there are a few words that I habitually spell incorrectly, and there would be a lot more that would be messed up if I didn't look them up because I was unsure of the correct spelling.

..you know...pre-net, we had (still do), an Unabridged Dictionary...most peoples don't even know what "Unabridged" means...I looked it up sometime around 15 or 16. Guess I can't stand to lay in the shade with the rest of the herd.

[bean]

ANYTHING typed by stoned people on this board.

If you can't spell simple words, how the F@CK did you make it through school? Did yur techur let u pass becuz u were cyute?

+ 1 million

[n0Mad]

Time to resurrect an old thread.

Topic: Helper Verbs.

Discuss.

[Morbid Side]

<!--quoteo(post=588173:date=Mar 28 2009, 11:33 AM:name=TygerLili)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TygerLili @ Mar 28 2009, 11:33 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=588173"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Oh, I have one more that I see all of the time that drives me nuts. The phrase <i>a lot</i> consists of two words. Please don't put "alot".<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I try to watch for when I do that, but I miss it sometimes.

I've been known to do that from time to time.

[pomba gira]

Two new ones that bug the hell out of me: using "formally" when it should be "formerly", and "defiantly" for "definitely".