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01-09-2007, 03:06 PM
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| | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005  Location: Knoxville
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| A proposal . . .
I don't know if this bothers anyone else, but it drives me crazy. I've noticed that most people on this board do not know the difference between a certain few words.
Examples:
To and too
Your and You're
Their, there, and they're
Its and it's
I propose that we make a sticky in the main forum for reference, so that everyone can be assured that they're (they are) using the correct word.
Most everyone on this board is smart, and it kills me to see a good post ruined by ignorance (which means you don't know better, not that you're stupid).
I'm not trying to sound like some *******, but it is really a widespread problem that could be fixed with minimal effort on the part of the posters. | 
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01-09-2007, 03:08 PM
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#2 (permalink)
| | How high is the Cliff?
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oviedo, FL
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| It's a matter of paying attention during English class. | 
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01-09-2007, 03:13 PM
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| | VN GURU
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 15,371
| thats gay. (im not gonna put a ' if i dont wana) | |
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01-09-2007, 03:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Knoxville
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Originally Posted by OrangeSquare  The title of your thread isn't a complete sentance.  |
Hah. It's just this stuff is one my pet peeves. I am as guilty as anyone else in regards to questionable grammar on message boards, but this is something that everyone can fix with really no effort at all and if they do fix it, we'll all look much more intelligent. Sometimes the little stuff can ruin an entire post. | |
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01-09-2007, 03:17 PM
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| | Merge Master J
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the frontage road
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| I think your being two picky about that thier problem, butt maybe its just me.
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01-09-2007, 03:28 PM
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| jwells, its not that big of a deal. There are times that im two lazy too care, just like everyone else and your not going too be able to fix us all? | |
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01-09-2007, 03:30 PM
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| | Conscience of the VN
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Reality
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Originally Posted by volmanjr I think your being two picky about that thier problem, butt maybe its just me. | does that mean he's two-timing on you? | |
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01-09-2007, 03:30 PM
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| ur to pickey. u need two liten up. | |
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01-09-2007, 03:31 PM
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| | On a Hallowed hill
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Delaware, OH
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| Yeah me too!
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01-09-2007, 03:33 PM
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| lets don't | |
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01-09-2007, 03:35 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | On a Hallowed hill
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Delaware, OH
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| Hey looky there, their, they're.......
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01-09-2007, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Knoxville
Posts: 2,500
| So, I guess what you all are saying is that you know the difference but don't want to fix it? Personally, I don't see how it's any harder to just use the right word, especially if you know the difference. I guess I just don't get it. | |
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01-09-2007, 03:40 PM
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| | No Post For You!
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Originally Posted by jwells I don't know if this bothers anyone else, but it drives me crazy. I've noticed that most people on this board do not know the difference between a certain few words.
Examples:
To and too
Your and You're
Their, there, and they're
Its and it's
I propose that we make a sticky in the main forum for reference, so that everyone can be assured that they're (they are) using the correct word.
Most everyone on this board is smart, and it kills me to see a good post ruined by ignorance (which means you don't know better, not that you're stupid).
I'm not trying to sound like some *******, but it is really a widespread problem that could be fixed with minimal effort on the part of the posters. | It's a lost cause jwells, but while we're listing things, I would like to throw in the spelling of this word: LOSE. L-O-S-E is what you do when you don't win the ball game.
It's not "loose"
Whew, I feel better already. | |
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