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

[quintus]

Some people have difficulty with the comprehension of the english language because of reasons beyond their control. I can understand every post on this forum so IMO proper english and grammar are not a necessity for a person to join in, express their views and have some fun.

 

[weststigers]

Some people have difficulty with the comprehension of the english language because of reasons beyond their control. I can understand every post on this forum so IMO proper english and grammar are not a necessity for a person to join in, express their views and have some fun.

While true, I would imagine these people are in the minority and I think the examples in the first post are fairly easy to comprehend unless you have a learning disability. Of course, if I have somehow offended anyone with a learning disability I unreservedly apologise.

I also never said it was a "necessity for a person to join in, express their views and have some fun" or that I don't understand poorly written posts, I said it makes a post easier to read. I bet even though everyone took the mickey out of me, there were a few people who read the examples given and got something out of it.

The standard of English in this country has deteriorated to a pretty average level and I see it everywhere. There are immigrants in this country that read, write and speak English better than some of the locals. It's such a simple area of education to get right and it is getting worse! There's no harm in getting it right is there?

 

[Juro]

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

I guess it depends on whether you think your posts are worth other people understanding.

So many arguments start up on internet forums because people assume other people know what they are trying to say. If people took the time to read their own posts before submitting, it would save time for everyone else.

 

[Yossarian]

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…

I feel your pain… I hate when people right loose instead of lose. You're not alone mate!!

 

[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…

I feel your pain… I hate when people right loose instead of lose. You're not alone mate!!

I might have to turn this into a weekly column then! :laughing:

 

[quintus]

Proper english is a very difficult language to learn. It contains many Germanic, Latin and French words and the vowels have many different sounds. One of the reasons some people do not spell too good is because a bright spark in our education system some years ago decided that spelling a word as it sounds is OK. Now we have generations of people including teachers who would fail a basic spelling test.

 

[system]

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…

Their, their. Don't get too worried :slight_smile:

 

[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…

Their, their. Don't get too worried :slight_smile:

Nah m8\. Not woreed. Juz carnt baleev how bad da spelins gotten cuz. DIZGRAIS!!

 

[stryker]

Nah m8\. Not woreed. Juz carnt baleev how bad da spelins gotten cuz. DIZGRAIS!!

:laughing: that sentence right there makes me want to start dropping punks.

 

[shiretiger]

I think that the place has gone to pot ever since we switched to the metric system

 

[Suzie-Q]

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…

I feel your pain… I hate when people right loose instead of lose. You're not alone mate!!

Don't get me started on 'then' and 'than', 'been' and 'being', 'of' instead of 'have' eg: He would OF caught that…. :deadhorse:

 

[Geo]

well he would of….if he paid attention in English...

 

[Marshall_magic]

your/you're is my pet hate.

your stupid!
my stupid…what?

 

[Zaibatsu]

To is the most common mistake I reckon..

There are:
To, Two & Too.

People alllllllllways screw these up…

For future reference:

To = refering to a destination and leading on to another event or point...
e.g: "I am going TO the markets"

Two = the number 2...
e.g: "I have two apples"

Too = in excess
e.g: "The are too many Dragons supporters at my workplace"

:stuck_out_tongue:

 

[simonthetiger]

The use of loose is my fave.

Example…...."I thought we were going to loose the game."Ugghhhhhhhh.

But you could use it in this sentence.

"I went out on the weeekend and got really loose after 63 schooners."

:laughing:

 

[crouching_tiger]

Bought / brought

Does my freakin' head in!! :brick:

 

[tigergran]

Hi everyone

How about we (well, some of us) learn to spell LEICHHARDT!! No confusion there…..

Tigergran

 

[system]

The old forum had a word filter in place to correct that one automatically

It done did it real purty like

 

[BRET]

Oh Tigergran that is another one that irritates me lol, I am always correcting people on it.

 

[Juro]

How about we all learn how to spell our captain's name. Farah, not Farrah!