- couldn't hurt!!
How about a "sticky"?
Many people are so spooked by apostrophes that a word like “they’re” seems to them as if it might mean almost anything. In fact, it’s always a contraction of “they are.” If you’ve written “they’re,” ask yourself whether you can substitute “they are.” If not, you’ve made a mistake. “Their” is a possessive pronoun like “her” or “our” “They eat their hotdogs with sauerkraut.”
Everything else is “there.” “There goes the ball, out of the park! See it? Right there! There aren’t very many home runs like that.” “Thier” is a common misspelling, but you can avoid it by remembering that “they” and “their” begin with the same three letters. Another hint: “there” has “here” buried inside it to remind you it refers to place, while “their” has “heir” buried in it to remind you that it has to do with possession.
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“You’re” is always a contraction of “you are.” If you’ve written “you’re,” try substituting “you are.” If it doesn’t work, the word you want is “your.” Your writing will improve if you’re careful about this.
If someone thanks you, write back “you’re welcome” for “you are welcome.”
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors
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Oh, this is going to be fun.
I could probably go off for hours, but I don't have time to do that. So I'll tackle another one of the worst grammatical errors: it's vs. its.
The contraction "it's" is short for "it is." If your "it's" functions as a verb, then it's an "it's." If not, then it's an "its." Example: "It's ridiculous how many people don't know the difference between it's and its."
The other "its" serves as a possessive pronoun. As it is by its nature possessive, it does not need an apostrophe to show possession; that would be redundant. Example: "That poster's grammar is so bad that it needs to go back to first grade to improve its writing."
I could probably go off for hours, but I don't have time to do that. So I'll tackle another one of the worst grammatical errors: it's vs. its.
The contraction "it's" is short for "it is." If your "it's" functions as a verb, then it's an "it's." If not, then it's an "its." Example: "It's ridiculous how many people don't know the difference between it's and its."
The other "its" serves as a possessive pronoun. As it is by its nature possessive, it does not need an apostrophe to show possession; that would be redundant. Example: "That poster's grammar is so bad that it needs to go back to first grade to improve its writing."
1365 posts?! You've got time!karl(east) wrote:Oh, this is going to be fun.
I could probably go off for hours, but I don't have time to do that. So I'll tackle another one of the worst grammatical errors: it's vs. its.
The contraction "it's" is short for "it is." If your "it's" functions as a verb, then it's an "it's." If not, then it's an "its." Example: "It's ridiculous how many people don't know the difference between it's and its."
The other "its" serves as a possessive pronoun. As it is by its nature possessive, it does not need an apostrophe to show possession; that would be redundant. Example: "That poster's grammar is so bad that it needs to go back to first grade to improve its writing."
Thanks for the input. I really don't think there's anything redikulus about this suggestion at all!Sticky the link. It covers them all. We need literate hockey parents to dismiss the stereotypes!
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