Its vs It's

Berry said:
People get in a hurry, and some get confused. In a writer's forum I can understand why people would be picky about how you write. If you are going to sell your words to a publisher you have to get them right if you have to proof read your work a dozen times.

But this is a forum for people of various backgrounds, various educational levels, and various time limits. Not everyone has the time to proof read everything they write.

I see nothing wrong with being more casual and more forgiving... So long as you can understand what was intended.
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Agreed here. It's not really important to be as grammatically perfect as possible on the Internet. There is a time and place for all things. I used to laugh at people who misspelled things on forums, but I just think that if they are understood by the majority, it's OK.

How about past and passed? I've seen people get this one mixed up too
 
Or "appreciating" and "appreciated."
I ruefully confess to a momentary lapse in judgment in posting this thread.
I am not the grammar nazi. Really. Honest. :lol:
 
Beowulf said:
To much too loose in monetary. :P
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How about lose or loose?

Lose, as in I lose my money gambling all the time, or, Loose, as in my pants are really loose since I lost all that weight.
 
No offense.

This is very old for me. I've always known about this.

Sadly, there are a lot of people who get this wrong. The same goes for your and you're.

Even hearing people have this problem.

By the way... YAY FOR GRAMMAR NAZIS OUT THERE! ;)
 
There are so many more important things to worry about than grammar.

Like, gee, I dunno, world hunger.

:roll:
 
CJB said:
There are so many more important things to worry about than grammar.

Like, gee, I dunno, world hunger.

:roll:
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Well, world hunger will take a lot more thought and planning, but I have always been the grammar checker and spelling check in my family. It's in-grained into my system. Sorry.

I do try my best not to point it out to a lot of people on AD, but PFH (Avery) I couldn't resist. I realize these things happen for whatever reason and because of that I don't point it out to anymone outside of family.
 
Lissa said:
A lot of deaf people I know have trouble with "brought" and "bought"

Why is that??

I do know the different but a lot of deaf people will say
for example

"I brought bread"

Just curious!! Is it a spelling thing or....
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I brought bread to your party with which to make sandwiches, lol.
 
Tousi said:
I brought bread to your party with which to make sandwiches, lol.
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I was referring to for example my deaf friend will say I brought this when really they BOUGHT it
 
Tousi properly constructed a sentence to avoid an improper preposition at the end! A+

My personal little pet peeve is "for whom." As in "Ask not for whom the bell tolls..." I try never to inflict my obsessive compulsive attention on this detail on other people, though.
 
Notice that the title of this thread called all of the nerds to it? I'm here, baby! :fruit:
 
Could I care less?























Yup, I could.
:lol: at all the posts in here.
 
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