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Scott F. Guinn Inner circle "Great Scott!" aka "Palms of Putty" & "Poof Daddy G" 6586 Posts 
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I've noticed the rampant misuse, even among those who claim to be writers, of the word "your," on this forum and everywhere else (both on the net and in "real" magazines and books). "Your" means "belonging to you," as in, "That is your opinion."
However, it is almost constantly being misused to mean "you are," as in, "Tell me if your going to buy it." The correct spelling here is the contraction, "you're," which is, of course, short for "you are." An occasional typo is one thing, but, particularly for those of us who claim to be writers/authors, constant grammatical offenses like this should be avoided and shunned. Thus endeth the lesson.
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Tom Cutts Staff Northern CA 5930 Posts
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I’m anal right behind you.
Oops!  Didn’t mean it that way.
There are several classic Jr. High School gramatical issues that arise on the Net. I find it unbelievable but must allow for thoughts to get through without judging the grammar too heavily. There are several different reasons for such misuse of the language. Not all are laziness. Tom |
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John Zander Loyal user Downey, CA 247 Posts
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Your kidding me!
;) I am guilty of this constantly. But somehow I still sleep at night 
It is one of those things that I try like heck to remember, but just can’t..... or is it, just cannot? 
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Scott F. Guinn Inner circle "Great Scott!" aka "Palms of Putty" & "Poof Daddy G" 6586 Posts
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Abbott and Costello? The 3 stooges?
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RayBanks Special user Nassau Bay, TX 533 Posts
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I vote for the three stooges
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Tom Cutts Staff Northern CA 5930 Posts
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Or could it be a vent. line
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John Zander Loyal user Downey, CA 247 Posts
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50 points for Scott! Only 50 because you took two guesses
Abbott and Costello
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Steve Brooks Founder / Manager Northern California - United States 3780 Posts
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Alright you guys, now you're all being silly!
 
"Always be you because nobody else can" - Steve Brooks
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Tom Cutts Staff Northern CA 5930 Posts
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"Alright you guys, now you're all being silly!"
114 bonus points for the original source of this line. Hint: It's not Steve
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lesterkirad Loyal user west lafayette, in 227 Posts
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I guess I am classified as anal too. Try looking at how many times people say ATM machine (ATM stands for 'automated teller machine' for those who don't know). How about 'PIN number'? I have even seen ATM's that say "enter your PIN number". Even more anal of me: hot water heater, SAT test, VIN number.
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Rob Wallis New user The Other California 73 Posts
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How about "shopaholic"? It obviously is based on alcoholic, from the word alcohol. So how does -holic fit in with shopping?
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Joshua Quinn Inner circle with an outer triangle 2054 Posts
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On 2002-03-22 13:04, lesterkirad wrote: AAAHHHH!!!! That drives me batty too! Two more items from the Department of Redundancy Department: UPC code and DAT tape. Any others we're missing? And yes, the your/you're thing makes my teeth hurt as well. Quinn
Every problem contains the seeds of its own solution. Unfortunately every problem also contains the seeds of an infinite number of non-solutions, so that first part really isn't super helpful.
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Burt Yaroch Inner circle Dallas,TX 1097 Posts
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How about their, there, and they're? You see those get monkeyed up quite a bit.
But the one that really gets my goat: irregardless You realize that ain't even a word. (At least "ain't" is in the dictionary  )
Yakworld.
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Mya Angel Special Assistant California 1396 Posts
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 That ain't nutin, how bout, how r u doin?
:wavey: bee c'n u. 
There is nothing that remains so constant as change. Don't end up like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
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Andy Leviss Inner circle NYC 1179 Posts
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My personal pet peeve that everybody always thinks I'm crazy about (and which I've posted at that other magic board I moderate at:
 is people who use "that" when they mean "who". For example, in that last sentence, they would have said, "People that use...." Argh! It could be "Dogs that", "boxes that", but it's "people who"!!!!
That, and when you use a dash--like this--you should use two hyphens if you can't use an actual dash, and no spaces around it. If I had a dime for every time I saw it done wrong - like this - or even -- gasp -- like this...
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Greg Arce Inner circle 6732 Posts
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I agree with many of the posts, but do you all realize that language, and its rules, are fluid. The rules of language change from generation to generation due to overuse of any broken rule. That's why "ain't" is in the dictionary. Some of the things you have a pet peeve about now will eventually become a standard.
Remember, don't sweat the small stuff and it's all small stuff.
One of my favorite quotes: "A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
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spfranz Regular user Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 137 Posts
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I agree to a certain extent Greg, but let me share a quote from an e-mail from a 13 year old - "i am going 2 send some1 i am going 2 write 1 2 ----- and rite after i am going 2 write them"
Welcome to the future of the English language. Scott
Never ask a dog to watch your food.
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lesterkirad Loyal user west lafayette, in 227 Posts
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It really gets me when people say things like..."lol" or "brb" in talking in person.
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Greg Arce Inner circle 6732 Posts
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Quote: On 2002-03-24 14:11, spfranz wrote:
One of my favorite quotes: "A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
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Burt Yaroch Inner circle Dallas,TX 1097 Posts
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On 2002-03-24 12:19, Greg Arce wrote: I wish my seventh grade English teacher had known that.
Yakworld.
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