Why can't people know the difference between your and you're. I can't believe it's shorthand so it's got be that they have no idea when it comes to the English language Iexpect a lot of abuse now.
2007-06-28 10:38:46 · 23 answers · asked by LEONARD W 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I've had half bottle of Southern Comfort so I'm in my belligerant mode.
2007-06-28 10:41:02 · update #1
O.K. there should have been a space but that was a typing error not grammar.
2007-06-28 10:58:05 · update #2
That's not all.."there, they're and their", "its and it's " are often confused."Would of" and "could of" are used instead of "would have" and "could have". "Prolly" is used instead of "probably", "ect" instead of "etc"..the list goes on. This is all from people who claim English is their first language..I would hate to see how they fare in their third.
2007-06-28 10:52:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you have been corrected so many times that I hope you will not object to me pointing out a couple of other errors? I hope you will not think of this as abuse though.
You wrote: " ...can't believe it's shorthand so it's got be that they have no idea when it comes to the English language "
Surely you meant "..so its got to be.."?
Also, you needed a full stop at the end of that sentence.
I agree with you though.
However, whilst I don't think that I make those mistakes and I do think that many people really do not know the difference, I have problems myself. There are some words that I always spell incorrectly and I have wooden fingers and make lots of typing mistakes.
But my biggest problem, on here too, is that I read what I thought I meant to write, so I miss many errors. I suspect a lot of people do the same.
Please feel free to correct me.
2007-06-28 18:29:13 · answer #2 · answered by davidifyouknowme 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That's one of my pet peeves, too. It seriously gets on my nerves when people can't seem to figure out the proper usage of "your" and "you're." But at least there's only two options with that homonym. "They're," "there," and "their" are much worse!
Okay, I admit, some people have a valid reason for writing the wrong word, such as a learning disability. Most people, I'm convinced, are just lazy and don't think it makes a difference. Well, it does.
2007-06-28 17:46:16 · answer #3 · answered by Avie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate the bad spellings on this site. I also can't stand people who say haitch instead of aitch for H. Can't understand why some say shooge instead of huge. Now, from no other than Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen, we have huge great big! He was the inventor of SO, as in 'it was SO not right'. Personally, I find him to be a shooge great big t**. Where do these people come from - the planet Blurdeblurblur?
2007-06-28 19:24:00 · answer #4 · answered by Sandee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately I was poorly educated and I do have problems with some words and their different meanings. Luckily there is a spell check on here but even that has problems. So if a modern computer can't sort out the problem what chance do I have?
2007-06-28 17:56:39 · answer #5 · answered by focus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought I'd accidentally posted a question without realising it for a minute! Right down to the Southern Comfort. I know it's not popular, but I totally agree with you. It really gets on my noives.
2007-06-28 17:52:44 · answer #6 · answered by twinkle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another example is: there, their, & they're, etc.
A lot of words sound the same, with different meanings.
People are just writing phonetically these days.
They haven't done enough reading to notice.
English language is not simple or logical.
It incorporates many words from other languages.
2007-06-28 17:49:12 · answer #7 · answered by Robert S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you think others are so badly educated, why not show YOUR education when you are sober. Furthermore you don´t seem to know the difference between bad and good etiquette! Badly educated perhaps?
2007-06-29 19:49:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol, Red Rose,what's the "not" that's been done with your homework,or is it the "not done" that's alongside your homework?
If you don't realise what I'm saying,just ask your English teacher the next time you're in school.
2007-06-28 18:09:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree wholeheartedly. What's even more irritating (much, much, much more so) is this abbreviation 'ur', instead of 'your', or 'you're'. You're not phone texting, for God's sake! You've got a full qwerty keyboard in front of you!
By the way, Red Rose: oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!
2007-06-28 18:31:14 · answer #10 · answered by john g 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋