English Lesson....There, Their and They're

[weststigers]

I will probably get absolutely blasted for this, but I have noticed many in the forum can't tell the difference between THEIR, THERE and THEY'RE. I'm not bagging anyone and I wouldn't care, but I find myself reading a post only to be confused by the use and spelling of certain words until I can figure out what the poster is trying to say.

**For those who care:\
\
THEY'RE = Short for THEY ARE
THEIR = Indicates possession eg. "Their tickets have been lost", "My friends have lost their tickets"
THERE = Refers to a place eg. "It must be hard to travel there", "Look over there"\
\
All in one sentence:
"They left THEIR tickets at home so THEY'RE going to have to travel back THERE to get them"**

Like I said, not a big deal. I'm not bagging anyone and I don't care how you spell things, but it makes forum posts easier to read.

Peace…

 

[innsaneink]

Therir there…its alright


 

[Geo]

Ta for that aye..just gunna move it from hear to their….

so when peeps need a lesin..there sure to no we're to find it....

 

[simonthetiger]

Pfffft….oops sorry, I thought this was a stats thread.

 

[Year_of_the_Tiger]

I heard there going to be they're. So their! :wink:

No seriously good point, no doubt many posts are made after a few though …

 

[Sabre]

Because the internet is the place to go to view correct english isnt it….

 

[weststigers]

Was expecting this…....

 

[Danos]


 

[Year_of_the_Tiger]

Was expecting this…....

Took guts, put your hand up for moderator? :smiley:

 

[weststigers]

Was expecting this…....

Took guts, put your hand up for moderator? :smiley:

:laughing:

 

[alex]

YES!

Could not agree more with you WT. This annoys the crap outta me!

And your as well … Use you're as an abbreviation for you are! From now on you're all going to get your grammar correct!

 

[Year_of_the_Tiger]

Cmon you'all!

 

[Geo]

What about trial…...sick of reading how crap we went in the trails....this player didn't get a run in the trail....does Sheens have a brain.....what does he think trails are for and so on....

 

[Year_of_the_Tiger]

hahaha … lets be the most Grammatically correct forum in the NRL, and yes I checked that big G word in Word 07 first :laughing:

 

[Jazza]

What about "where", "wear" and "we're"?

Stuff like that doesnt bother me but it does get confusing when people get it mixed up.

I remember when I first joined the forum a few years ago, I had only just got the internet and in my first couple of posts I spoke like "dis nd i hav no idea y i spoke lyk dis".

I got absolutely hammered by one of the moderators at the time :laughing: :laughing:

 

[BRET]

hahahahahaha love it!

Another one that irritates me is 'your' and 'you're'.

 

[Bismark]

Isn't the point of language to communicate and for everyone to understand what the other is saying?

Sooo jst coz i wright-in lyk dis, dosnt meen u dont no wat im on about, yer?

 

[alex]

Isn't the point of language to communicate and for everyone to understand what the other is saying?

Sooo jst coz i wright-in lyk dis, dosnt meen u dont no wat im on about, yer?

We get it, it's just annoying.

One that I see a lot and is frustrating … "Yeah man, where gonna smash them on the weekend" ... we're*

Some people need a review in how to use apostrophes

 

[BRET]

I feel you Alex, it drives me nuts as well.

 

[weststigers]

At least we're better than the Bulldogs forum!