There, Their, They're GRAMMAR WHINGE MERGE

IvaBigWun

'There' is used to denote a direction: "Over there", "There is a happy land", "There you are Mrs Doyle", "Lob it in there you big horsebox" "There is a mouse on the stairs, where on the stairs, there on the stairs"

"Their" is used to denote third party possession: "It is their KY Jelly, put it back Dougal", "If I were in their shoes", "The mice are on their stairs".

They're is short for "they are". The apostrophe is used instead of the 'a'. "They're over there", "When they're riding sideways over there, they fall on their backsides". "The mice are on their stairs, over there, and they're wearing clogs".

What other daily grammatical faux pas gets on your tits?

Random

"Iva" should be "I've got a big". That is all.

Ardscoil Ris

Pretentious twats who correct other people's grammar.

I edited this post because I was missing an apostrophe. I apologise. I woke up with a touch of the down syndrome this morning.

K-9

There, there IvaBigWun, there, there!

Calm down, it's the interweb.

galwayrush

Dat's a fact;)

Wibbs

"I seen". Jebus.

Sharpshooter

There their OP,they're all going to take the p*ss now, you know that don't you?

knuck

I done!

Mrmoe

Their, their now, sure there only trying to wind you up. Good to correct them though ,I mean how else is they're grammar going to improve.:)

humberklog

Der, der, der don't mind the ignoramouses.

(oops mrmoe, sorry about that. posted same time)

July

your/you're

Mrmoe

humberklog wrote: »

Der, der, der don't mind the ignoramouses.

(oops mrmoe, sorry about that. posted same time)

Great minds tink aloike, sur I was beaten to it too by ShooterSf, the OP must be geating wrightly pisted of soon.

Latchy

The apostrophe is being phased out of a lot of English sign posts , in England and has being the discussion on some news topics recently .The apostrophe has become a national issue for language enthusiasts since Lynne Truss lamented its widespread misuse in her book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation in 2003


Here is one such recent news item

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4602491/Second-council-bans-apostrophes-in-street-signs.html

ejmaztec

IvaBigWun wrote: »

'There' is used to denote a direction: "Over there", "There is a happy land", "There you are Mrs Doyle", "Lob it in there ya big horsebox" "There is a mouse on the stairs, where on the stairs, there on the stairs"

"Their" is used to denote third party possession: "It is their KY Jelly, put it back Dougal", "If I were in their shoes", "The mice are on their stairs".

They're is short for "they are". The apostrophe is used instead of the 'a'. "They're over there", "When they're riding sideways over there, they fall on their backsides". "The mice are on their stairs, over there, and they're wearing clogs".

What other daily grammatical faux pas gets on your tits?

Puts hand up "Sir, sir, sir, sir - strange word!"

SoWatchaWant

Should of used proper grammer, tbh

Valmont

All this coming from a lad with IvaBigWun as a username:rolleyes: Who's a clever fellow then?

gurramok

Your and You're always get mixed up.
I put my hands up in any of my posts where i've constantly mistaken to post you're instead of your, think its down to your been so easy to type!

IvaBigWun

ejmaztec wrote: »

Puts hand up "Sir, sir, sir, sir - strange word!"

Eh?

cornbb

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

Pretentious twats who correct other people's grammar.

FYP

IvaBigWun

Valmont wrote: »

All this coming from a lad with IvaBigWun as a username:rolleyes: Who's a clever fellow then?

"IhaveABigOne" doesnt have the same ring to it now does it? That was intentional. Some people who type words on a daily basis are just lazy idiots tbh.

galwayrush

Between you and i.:rolleyes:

wilson10

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

Pretentious twats who correct other peoples grammar.

other people's grammar. Don't forget the apostrophe.

Ardscoil Ris

wilson10 wrote: »

other people's grammar. Don't forget the apostrophe.

Apologies for the the missing apostrophe and thanks for proving my point.

cornbb

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

Apologies for the the missing apostrophe, and thanks for proving my point.

FYP again. Sheesh, watch the grammar :rolleyes:

Wibbs

"should of" is another one.

Though the worst for me is in the real world. The word "height". Look some of you out there, Height does not have an aitch at the end. It's not Heighth. It's not like width. Dort types are the worst for it. Two generations of elocution lessons to soften their ashamed ancestries accents have scared them into not dropping their aitches, so they add them where not required.

wilson10

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

Apologies for the the missing apostrophe and thanks for proving my point.

one "the"

Sharpshooter

Wibbs wrote: »

Two generations of elocution lessons to soften their ashamed ancestries accents have scared them into not dropping their aitches.

Ooh, does that make me BraveHart.:)
/ I dropped my H........

wilson10

IvaBigWun wrote: »

"IhaveABigOne" doesnt have the same ring to it now does it? That was intentional. Some people who type words on a daily basis are just lazy idiots tbh.

I doubt you invented the name. I think it more likely that you missed the joke.

The original joke name was Ivor Bigun. Himself and Master Bates used to hang out together.

IvaBigWun

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Ooh, does that make me BraveHart.:)
/ I dropped my H........

No, you dropped your "E".

Wibbs

IvaBigWun wrote: »

No, you dropped your "E".

lol Dropped an F once, bastard ripped me off.

Sharpshooter

IvaBigWun wrote: »

No, you dropped your "E".

No,I omitted the "E" as there is no E in Hart.
/see sig..;)

Latchy

I was going to go with Latchico as a username but went for Latchyco .

I though the Y looked much cuter than the I .

But I dont like the username anyhows

994

"None" is a contraction of "not one", so it takes the singular, e.g. "none of them is"

K-9

Mrmoe wrote: »

Great minds tink aloike, sur I was beaten to it too by ShooterSf, the OP must be geating wrightly pisted of soon.

Ahem!

Tobias Greeshman

This thread is a sure sign of someone with too much time on there hands.

IvaBigWun

994 wrote: »

"None" is a contraction of "not one", so it takes the singular, e.g. "none of them is"

[pedantic]don't you mean "none of them are"?[/pedantic]

Sharpshooter

latchyco wrote: »

I was going to go with Latchico as a username but went for Latchyco .

I though the Y looked much cuter than the I .

But I dont like the username anyhows

Y I,latchyco,:D
Sometimes subscribers don't choose to have colored stars,so I don't know if you subscribe or not.
If you do already, just ask in the subscribers forum for a name change.
If you don't , then think about it, it's wont break the bank.:pac:

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Another one of these threads? Shouldn't we have a limit on how many times a thread topic should be discussed?

Latchy

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Y I,latchyco,:D

Aye Aye SS

Sometimes subscribers don't choose to have colored stars,so I don't know if you subscribe or not.
If you do already, just ask in the subscribers forum for a name change.
If you don't , then think about it, it's wont break the bank.:pac:

Yes, I understand if I subscribe I can change the name which was something I did'nt give to much thought to on registration day .

So yeah , perhaps I am well overdue to subscribe

Wibbs

Tobias Greeshman wrote: »

This thread is a sure sign of someone with too much time on there hands.

Right? You! Outside now!:mad::mad:







* can you give me about 20 mins to round up my bigger scarier mates? I feel you owe me that. I will be involved in the hidin', but by proxy.

Sharpshooter

latchyco wrote: »

Aye Aye SS


Yes, I understand if I subscribe I can change the name which was something I did'nt give to much thought to on registration day .

So yeah , perhaps I am well overdue to subscribe

So ,quit moaning and take some Action Man.:pac:
I will stand you a drink at Sharpy's bar when you grace us with your presence.;)
/ But you have to subscribe before you can gain entry.
/:eek:, to the bar.:D

IvaBigWun

Tobias Greeshman wrote: »

This thread is a sure sign of someone with too much time on there hands.

tbh

menoscemo

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=59074139&postcount=345

994

IvaBigWun wrote: »

[pedantic]don't you mean "none of them are"?[/pedantic]

No, because you wouldn't say "not one of our friends are coming", would you?

IvaBigWun

994 wrote: »

No, because you wouldn't say "not one of our friends are coming", would you?

tbh

IvaBigWun

menoscemo wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=59074139&postcount=345

Latchy

Sharpshooter wrote: »

So ,quit moaning and take some Action Man.:pac:
I will stand you a drink at Sharpy's bar when you grace us with your presence.;)
/ But you have to subscribe before you can gain entry.
/:eek:, to the bar.:D

Sharpy has a bar :eek: ? why did'nt you tell me weeks / months ago .Ok so ,just let me get my next CC bill down and i will subscribe .:pac:


Or can I pay in instalments ?

Can' t wait to gain entry for the meet up in the bar

token56

I have a friend who has drilled all grammer into me. It is slowly coming along.

Sharpshooter

latchyco wrote: »

Sharpy has a bar :eek: ? why did'nt you tell me weeks / months ago .Ok so ,just let me get my next CC bill down and i will subscribe .:pac:


Or can I pay in instalments ?

Can' t wait to gain entry for the meet up in the bar

It's only 5 euro for 1 month, so you could always give it a trial run.
User Panel,bottom left.:pac:

cautioner

I almost refused to do my Chemistry mock once I'd read through it:

State the shape of the H2O molecule and explain it's high boiling point.
The concentration of X is given as 4.5% w/v. Find it's concentration in moles/litre

RAWR

Latchy

Sharpshooter wrote: »

It's only 5 euro for 1 month, so you could always give it a trial run.
User Panel,bottom left.:pac:

Ok that's no problem .I'm gonna cancel the subscription to Readers digest .:pac:

( Btw - the No subscription envelopes in the RD prize draw get dumped ) .:D

Now were's that user panel ? somebody say bottom right ? ...ok




Thanks for info SS