[Closed] There. Their. They're.

[We're did you here that knot sure that's what eye was tort at the school were I went too, we were told something very different.

Except in Dr Suess's The Sneetches - where the Star belly Sneetches had stars upon thars

You forgot one:
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Your fighting a loosing battle, OP.

You should of said something earlier.

I once brought a book about stuff like this.

You forgot one

I pacifically left it out.

grum - Member

I once brought a book about stuff like this.

Me to.

Speshally for Jamie:

http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/psa-loose-is-the-opposite-of-tight

We have weighted two long for this too happen.

We really need to put the breaks on this kind ov thing

It's not really all that difficult to understand what someone means when they make these common errors, to be fare.

Awe, they're there OP

When do I use 's as opposed to s.
Thanks,

(Goes off to find a pen and paper to write this down)

Right it down Chip.

wright you are MR P.

* you're

* you're

Oh dear! OP was being a smartarse pendant but now he's hung from his own petard!!!

I've given up pointing this out to people, I just judge anyone who gets it wrong. ****ing idiots. Amazing how many people in reasonable jobs can't get this right. Instant fail for me if you did that in an application/interview.

And breathe...

What really pisses me off is those that write of instead of have.

I've given up pointing this out to people, I just judge anyone who gets it wrong. **** idiots. Amazing how many people in reasonable jobs can't get this right. Instant fail for me if you did that in an application/interview.

I do it because of my dyslexia, luckily it's not held me back at work and now employers are very supportive with people who have dyslexia rather than being judgemental.

I just judge anyone who gets it wrong. * idiots.

I just judge anyone who thinks it's that important when they understood perfectly well what the person meant. * idiots.

Meh, didn't say it was a good thing, just that I do it. Slippery slope if you adopt the 'you know what I meant' though. Get it right then if you know it's wrong...

That said "Should of" is worse, as is "we was...", and excessive glottal stopping. And saying somethink/anythink.

Eats shoots and leaves.

Let's eat grandma!

Get it right then if you know it's wrong...

It's not that easy. I know which way is the correct way but sometimes I can't read my mistakes as to me the word is the right one. I might spot it 5 mins later an hour later or just not at all. That's why sometime my posts make no sense what so ever on here, the word may be because it sounds like the one I wanted, I miss words out, spell them wrong amongst other things. It made it difficult for me to grasp english grammar, I put in the lower classes at school because they didn't know what to do there was very little support. I've had over 30 years of people saying things like '****ing idiot' so rise above that now. Yet because I've learnt to cope with it I've excelled at work, I've gained a BHsC a Diploma and passed many exams. I struggled a couple years ago in an exam because the words I wanted to use I couldn't recall in the OSCE, I had to come clean with the Uni for me re-sit. I was embarrassed to tell them, despite being normally very open about it. During the re-sit I started to get mixed up again so they allowed me to describe in my own words.

Only one absolute necessity in my two daughters' education.

That they know how to use there, they're, and their correctly, and that they ALWAYS get it right.

At 15 and 12 they passed with flying colours a few years back.

My job is done.

Slippery slope if you adopt the 'you know what I meant' though. Get it right then.

Saying 'you know what I meant' doesn't mean that they know how to get it right.

I've just received a couple of texts from a very dear friend of mine. Her texts always make me smile because they are full of the most imaginative spellings I have ever seen. She is an intelligent woman but very poorly educated, coming as she does from a poor rural Irish family.

She knows full well that her spelling is always hopelessly incorrect. But she also knows that as long as I understand what she means there is never a problem.

Sometimes it takes me a little while to figure out what she means as her texts can never be read at a glance, but I always get their in the end.

Bizarrely she has a passion for Shakespeare, art galleries, and the preforming arts. I always end up feeling a bit of a philistine in her presence as she stands admiring works of art that go right over my head.

EDIT : Just noticed this : [i] but I always get their in the end.[/i] No it wasn't deliberate. 🙂

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There, Their and They're are something I get mixed up a lot. I know the difference. I am often particular about presentation. I will notice it instantly if someone else does it, and I will notice it the second I read my own mistake back to myself.

When I'm actually writing though, sometimes it's as if my sub-conscious mind just does not care. Or it's like when you mean to use a word, and you write a completely unrelated but similar sounding word - something else I do often. Because my brain has moved onto the next words, the previous words are no longer in thought, they're merely a sound.

That's my cognitive processes anyway, I don't know about anyone else.

If I didn't normally check what I'd written, you'd see my there, their and they'res mixed up a lot!

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Drac, my 'get it right' was more in response to ernie's 'who cares if you know what they meant'. Clearly there are shades of grey, but if I knew it was an issue I'd get someone to check an application for a job before I sent it. Knowing that to some, rightly or wrongly, it matters. Equally I'd wear a suit to an interview. Shorts and t-shirt would protect my modesty, but people will make snap judgements. It's no different.

A lot of time it's either laziness or not caring. I've pulled plenty of folk up on it. **** that I am.

The bare bear bared his teeth..

Then put his trousers back on

Star belly Sneetch

I wondered where that came from.

"You're a star-belly sneech
You suck like a leach
You want everyone to act like you
Kiss ass while you bitch
So you can get rich
But your boss gets richer off you

Well you'll work harder
With a gun in your back
For a bowl of rice a day
Slave for soldiers
Till you starve
Then your head is skewered on a stake

Now you can go where people are one
Now you can go where they get things done
What you need, my son:.

Is a holiday in Cambodia
Where people dress in black
A holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll kiss ass or crack "

Drac, my 'get it right' was more in response to ernie's 'who cares if you know what they meant'. Clearly there are shades of grey, but if I knew it was an issue I'd get someone to check an application for a job before I sent it. Knowing that to some, rightly or wrongly, it matters. Equally I'd wear a suit to an interview. Shorts and t-shirt would protect my modesty, but people will make snap judgements. It's no different.

A lot of time it's either laziness or not caring. I've pulled plenty of folk up on it. **** that I am.

Whilst I see the other side to this one. To me, suits at an interview tell you nothing about the person being interviewed, and if someone is shit as spelling or grammar, well, it's not the end of the world. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses.

However, some people definitely do not care. At work I generally speak to people in high positions. Decision makers. Manager directors, senior management, stuff like that. A small minority are impeccable with their words - they tend to be engineers. Most are fairly haphazard at best. And some have taken me years to understand - like learning a new language. I sit reading emails, gob-smacked, wondering how these people became successful... The obvious answer is that they don't waste their days worrying about the finer points of anyone's grammar. But so much time gets wasted because I can't understand a word of what people are telling me...that surely can't be an efficient way to run a business? In that respect, I consider it quite important.

Another dyslexic here, I also left school at 15 and didn't do much when I did attend.
I've done ok with work though and quite frequently write complex and/or technical documents but have to proof read my own stuff several times still occasionally get it wrong but to an acceptable level.

I'm not going to put that much effort into posts on here.

trailofdestruction - isn't that an example of the use of punctuation rather than grammar?

I was reminded of this thread when I popped into a shop on my way home tonight, and saw a basket containing a few apples and oranges with a handwritten sign saying, "20p each! When there gone their gone!"

I suppose where it matters is when you have to read something several times until you understand what the person is trying to say, so in that respect using "were" instead of "we're" or "where" and "there" instead of they're" or "their" is just plain lazy IMO.
I'm crap at spelling myself on the whole though...

It looks like you have managed to spell yourself correctly on this occasion.

I once brought a book about stuff like this.

I really cannot understand this "brought" mistake that shed loads of people seem to make these days. Do these people actually say brought instead of bought in conversation?

A small minority are impeccable with their words - they tend to be engineers

I'm an engineer, but I always thought I was the odd one out being able to read and write reasonably well! Honestly most of my (very bright) colleagues can't write for shit!