Merged spelling/grammar threads

[hong]

That eliminates your comma splice.

Indeed, she should never have quit the Splice Girls.

 

[William Ronald]

Of course, Comma Splice made out better than DNA Splice. Then again, DNA Splice made her last appearance in the remake of the Island of Dr. Moreau.

 

[Fanog]

Indeed, she should never have quit the Splice Girls.

Wow, that was hilarious. Nearly brough tears to my eyes. Thanks!

To add to the topic: WanderingMonster beat me to the punch on the subject of "Should of". That one just amazes me. For the sake of completeness, I'd like to add "for all intensive purposes" to the list.

Fanog

 

[Felix]

[OT, grammar] sputter... gah... ARRRGH!

Sorry folks, but I just have to say this.

YOUR: second person possessive. An adjective. Applied to things that other people own, or possess.

YOU'RE: a contraction; "you are". second person conjugation of the verb "to be", modified by the pronoun "you". Used when indicating the action or condition of the second person.

YORE: a noun; time long past.

For the love of all that is holy, and for my beloved mother tongue, English, please, please, please learn and love the differences in these words and use them properly! Homophones are our friends!

Or I will cry!

 

[pogre]

Your wrong and you're ranting won't pay!

 

[alsih2o]

Your wrong and you're ranting won't pay!

yore just goading him on!

 

[Felix]

AGGGgggghhhh! It burns! It burns!

*runs away screaming like a schoolgirl*

 

[EricNoah]

We typically keep the grammar police in the Meta forum. There's another grammar thread in there; it may not be way up at the top, but you can see that each person has his or her own pet peeve.

 

[pogre]

AGGGgggghhhh! It burns! It burns!

*runs away screaming like a schoolgirl*

What's yore problem?







I'm done now.

 

[EricNoah]

Here's that other fairly recent grammar thread.

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57978