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re: They're, Their, There Now.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 3:40 pm to The Third Leg
Posted on 9/16/14 at 3:40 pm to The Third Leg
Thanks. 
I always had a tough time with those.
I always had a tough time with those.
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Posted on 9/16/14 at 4:07 pm to TrueTiger
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I need a refresher on 'lay' and 'lie'.
Yeah. One of the easiest ways to remember the very basics of lie v. lay is to think: "I lie."
It rhymes, "lie" has an "I" in it, and the phrase gives you the basis of the principles at play--"I lie" indicates that lie does not take a direct object.
You are always laying something, not lying something. Another helpful trick is to think about what you are saying in terms of what "lay" means -- to place.
"I place it" makes sense. "I place" is incomplete. An object is needed for you to place.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 4:10 pm to LoveThatMoney
"To" and "too" should also be on that thing. MAC level list.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 4:47 pm to Mud_Till_May
Left out "a lot".
Alot =
Alot =
Posted on 9/16/14 at 4:55 pm to Mud_Till_May
Do adults really not know this?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:08 pm to Sir Drinksalot
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Do adults really not know this?
Do you ever read this board?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:09 pm to Mud_Till_May
There there now young son
It's not time to lose your head
It's not time to lose your head
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:21 pm to Paige
Well thanks for clearing that up.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:22 pm to The Third Leg
Typing fast and not editing is different than being ignorant to the basics of the English language.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:34 pm to Mud_Till_May
get a life, we already have grammarknotsi(s)
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:36 pm to Sir Drinksalot
I think you're erroneously labeling these as editorial mistakes, considering how often they occur.
And if everyone truly knew these words, and had them mastered; you would see people naturally use them correctly, thus negating the editorial argument.
And if everyone truly knew these words, and had them mastered; you would see people naturally use them correctly, thus negating the editorial argument.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:41 pm to The Third Leg
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And if everyone truly knew these words, and had them mastered; you would see people naturally use them correctly, thus negating the editorial argument.
I do it on purpose sometimes. Somethings have been used in error so long they are accepted as being correct, and people smugly correct the misuse.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:44 pm to 777Tiger
I like it when people correct misuse and then make absurd mistakes in their corrections.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:45 pm to The Third Leg
I could care less.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:50 pm to 777Tiger
"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile."
George W. Bush
Poor guy was always an escape-goat; luckily he had a good self-of-steam.
George W. Bush
Poor guy was always an escape-goat; luckily he had a good self-of-steam.
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:54 pm to Mud_Till_May
I've never understood the whole grammar Nazi thing - at least during a heated discussion or argument. Words are the medium of communication on message boards and social media. When someone tries to make a point or win an argument, they're ostensibly doing so from a position of knowledge - or at least that's what they want others to think. When such a person stumbles over basic grammar and spelling, their status as the smartest person in the room should get questioned. Most often they reply with the modern day "your mamma" - dropping out a grammar Nazi reference, which is a complete non sequitur to whatever it was they were talking about.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:56 pm to The Third Leg
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Poor guy was always an escape-goat; luckily he had a good self-of-steam.
he never got the benefit of the down from my suspective
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