Let me just start by stating that with the advances in technology I understand using Y(Why), U (You), phones misspelling and auto-correcting our words and definitely acronyms (OMG, WTF, b/c, etc). Updating statuses too soon, having a limited number of characters on your twitter updates and needing to text quickly have all taken away from the proper place for grammar and spelling. I want to make it clear that these things are NOT what I am talking about.
If you are guilty of any of the following, and you know who you are because it shows all over your face book wall then please...pick up a dictionary!
Tomorrow is not spelt Tomarrow. Not ever, not in any language or any sense of the way. If you always spell it like this it's likely NOT a correction error on your phone.
The word TOO and TO are misspelled all the time. If something is also, you are also doing something or there is a lot of something, it is TOO much. If you aren't spelling it like that when used like that then you are guilty TOO. When you go TO write the word next time, think about it, even if it hurts TOO much.
THERE refers to a place. I'm going THERE. Look over THERE! THERE you are. (Remember it like this kiddos, if you're not HERE, you're T-HERE. You should be able to use here in almost any place you can use there.
THEIR indicates a possession. Is that THEIR house over THERE? THEIR keys are right THERE. Are you getting it? THEIR can usually be replaced with OUR (remember EIR, kind of looks like OUR).
Finally they ever so unused and misused THEY'RE. Let's just spell this out. THEY ARE. That's all you need to know. THEIR or THERE is not an acronym for THEY ARE.
At this point, YOU'RE either thinking, this sh*t drives me crazy TOO or YOU'RE thinking I may be calling you out because YOUR spelling is so bad. Can you guess what the next words are?
YOUR is is also a possessive adjective. It is used to describe something that belongs to YOU. IT IS YOURS. (While we are on it. YOURS, should never read YOUR'S.)
Then YOU'RE, again, YOU ARE. YOU'RE really explaining this? Yes I am, how is YOUR spelling?
Any of my teachers out there have a lesson they'd like to leave in the comments?
AMEN Sister!!
ReplyDeleteMy lesson - use Firefox, it has a built in spell check. It won't help you with simple grammar, but it will let you know when you misspell (or mistype...).
i have been noticing a ton of people on FB using apostrophes when things are just plural - as in, "happy birthday to the best kid's ever!" UGHHHHHH.
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