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Post by lastgoodbye on Dec 1, 2007 21:44:26 GMT
Example: I'm not good enough to explain the comma; but a semicolon ( is used to bring two or more sentences together. I think the way the semi-colon works you don't need/shouldn't have a 'but' in that example. Like: I'm not good enough to explain the comma; a semicolon ( is used to bring two or more sentences together. Or: I'm not good enough to explain the comma but a semicolon ( is used to bring two or more sentences together. Not both. If that made any sense But Josh, I wouldn't worry at all about confusing their/there/they're and such, because I never notice if people get the spellings of the same word mixed up.
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Post by Clare on Dec 1, 2007 21:49:51 GMT
I believe it can be both, Florence, although I'm not 100% on that one. Either way, some sort of pause mark in the middle makes it flow much better, closer to the way people really talk. The words stand out, they become more alive.
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Post by allison on Dec 1, 2007 21:51:22 GMT
Ahh i notice they're/there/their all the time. they + are = they're t + here = there their = the other one
i always mess up "then" and "than" i know the difference but i always say "then" (the mean then or than) because "than" sounds ugly; speaking you can hardly tell but written out theres an obvious difference.
oh and this one i never learned: its vs it's. which means which?
(btw i hate spelling, punctuation, and grammar)
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Post by pigeon song on Dec 1, 2007 21:56:42 GMT
Don't even get started on 'who' and 'whom'.
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Post by Rebekah on Dec 1, 2007 22:05:43 GMT
Or who's and whose.. that's another good one.
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Post by Debs on Dec 1, 2007 22:10:02 GMT
I left school eleventy million years ago, so the only way I remember the difference is that it's is an abbreviation of it is, and its means it belongs to someone. The dog fetched its ball. It's a long way from a to b. The one that pisses me off more than anything is 'could of'. It's could have, hence being shortened to could've not could'f. Who's, whose, whom and who mystify me in ways that make me avoid their usage wherever possible.
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Post by lazy poet on Dec 1, 2007 22:13:05 GMT
i always used to say 'i'm not bothered' instead of 'i can't be bothered', when i couldn't be bothered to do something, until my friend had a go at me every time about it bothering her
too many bothers in one sentence!
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Post by lastgoodbye on Dec 1, 2007 22:26:01 GMT
Don't even get started on 'who' and 'whom'. I drop 'whom' into conversation with my friends all the time when I think they won't notice whether I'm using it correctly or not. I never get challenged - they just assume I know what I am doing. I don't. I just like the word.
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Post by stentorsrevenge on Dec 1, 2007 22:38:27 GMT
grammar doesn't apply on the internet.
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Post by Clare on Dec 1, 2007 22:38:51 GMT
Fuck it, I tried to explain the difference between "who" and "whom," but I went into all this stuff about oblique case and dative case and no one would read it. Just Google it.
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Post by Lauren on Dec 1, 2007 22:49:23 GMT
Who/whom is the mistake that hurts my head when I hear it. And when it is a news anchor or some other sort of public speaker who commits said crime it makes me want to cry.
PS: I'm working on toning down my grammar fascism.
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Post by Elderberry Fucking Fanta on Dec 1, 2007 23:22:10 GMT
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Post by margot on Dec 1, 2007 23:43:44 GMT
I'm doing an English language and literature degree, and I have no idea how semi-colons and colons work. Or who vs. whom.
I always seem to get them in the right place in essays, but I couldn't explain how. It's just linguistic intuition.
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Post by Clare on Dec 1, 2007 23:50:30 GMT
What year are you in? A friend of mine is also doing English lit and language, and said she never learned about the proper use of "who" and "whom" until her second year.
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Post by margot on Dec 2, 2007 0:38:08 GMT
What year are you in? A friend of mine is also doing English lit and language, and said she never learned about the proper use of "who" and "whom" until her second year. I'm only a baby, in my first semester, so I have a long way to go yet.
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Post by birdwhistle on Dec 2, 2007 2:29:29 GMT
WHO: Subject. Doer. Like he or she. WHOM: Object. Has things done to it. Like him or her.
To whom am I talking? To him I am talking.
Who IS talking? She is talking.
That's a failure but I'm tired.
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Post by bridgetbegins on Dec 2, 2007 2:31:57 GMT
I just was taught the difference between effect and affect last week.
(Major grammatical revelation of the year.)
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Post by abolishconfusion on Dec 2, 2007 11:21:32 GMT
I find spelling errors and mistakes endearing, personally (like people tripping up stairs You'd love me
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