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Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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Grr. Everywhere I go on the Internet, I see "it's" used instead of "its". 99% of people do it. Do they not teach English at school any more? Here's the rule: GET IT RIGHT! There, rant over [EDIT: the same applies to "theirs", "yours", etc. - but, funnily enough, not "one's". People usually get these right though.] -- |
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the_y_man
Member #1,770
December 2001
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their is no need to get angry its only a DUMB mistake;) |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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And you know what I hate? Sigs that are more than 6 lines long! I find it amusing that the JeffK fan around here niggles over "its". His hoempaeg must've put you in cardiac arrest when you first saw it -- |
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Zaphos
Member #1,468
August 2001
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d00d ... it's a crappy rule (exception, really) anyway. I'm hoping that it will be abused enough that the entire thing will die out, just like "their" is now allowed to refer to a singular (eg "everyone get their coats"). English should evolve and improve, this is just a step in the right direction.
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Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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23: Jeff K does it deliberately. Most people don't. Huge difference. Zaphos: die kplzthx -- |
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Zaphos
Member #1,468
August 2001
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... I am right, though. Your pet rule is an unneeded inconsistency with the english language.
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kazzmir
Member #1,786
December 2001
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Are you kidding me? Who cares man!! I rarely even use apostrophies. If you are planning on changing the world, start small. But not that small. sheesh. |
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Zaphos
Member #1,468
August 2001
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Kazzmir: Heathen! Fear the wrath of the mighty Apostrophe Protection Society!!! Bruce: Why don't you join up?
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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Quote: 23: Jeff K does it deliberately.
From his Q&A column: Quote: oh ho, jump on teh mantrain and maek fun of my speling, eh?!? WELL WELL WELL DAVID FREY ARENT YUO A SMARTY MAN!!! liek I saids MANY TIEMS before, I type fastar becuase my fingars are posesed with LIGHTNING SPEEDS and teh ghosts of haX0rs! so Im sorrey I dont SPEEL EVARY SINGAL LITTAL WORD CORRECTLY becuase I have bettar things to do liek go on my SLip and Slide and obviousley yuo have a lot of spare time on yuor hands because yuo can send me emales that go directly into teh idiot pile in my malebox so in conclusian I hope yuor daddy is proud because he raised a GRADE A SPINNING ASSS/ (yuo)!!!!
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Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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Notice also how he picks up on the typos in e-mails he receives: Jeff K said: "Tell you what Jeff your're cool engugh" WFT IS ENGUGH?!?!?!??! PS: ENGUGH ENGUGH ENGUGH ENGUGH THANK YUO, JEFFF K!!!!!! ENGUGH!
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Cage
Member #1,277
March 2001
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Ahhh I see taht I have inspired others to become annoyed by teh massive overuse of apostrophe's. Taht i's, BTW, my #2 pet peeve (as anyone who ha's ever been on #allegro could tell is tehy ever misplaced an apostrophe
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kdevil
Member #1,075
March 2001
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Yes, misusing "its" is an online epidemic. Its everywhere you look. ----- |
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Cage
Member #1,277
March 2001
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And not just online... who here reads teh descriptions and stuff for various household products? I.E. shampoo, cereal, small atomic warheads, etc..
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Besides the words that people mix up:
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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Peter Hull
Member #1,136
March 2001
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Those apostrophes have been stolen by market traders who use them on their stalls to advertise products like
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jhuuskon
Member #302
April 2000
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Learn finnish. No apostrophes. Well, not much. Few enough to keep you from confusing yourself. You don't deserve my sig. |
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Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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Cage: sorry mate, I didn't get it from you. I was brought up this way The truth is, I don't usually object to typos in places like forums and chat services. They happen. Also some people have genuine difficulty spelling (dyslexia anyone?) and it helps no one to get on there backs for that. However, spelling is important in anything polished you do. If you know your not the greatest speller in the world, then for goodness' sake get someone to proofread! I will sometimes be available to do just that; theirs no harm in asking me -- |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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jhuuskon: no language should ever have more than say, 4 cases... and Finnish has 14 BP: it doesn't matter at all on IRC - but it's embarrassing when commercial games have misspellings. When did they fix the "target succesfully bombed" typo in CS - v1.4 or something? -- |
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DanielH
Member #934
January 2001
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Don't you have it backward. Isn't 'its' an invalid word? It should be it's. Plural of it is they or them. |
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Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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DanielH: you desperately need to read an English Usage book. I know I'm right. [EDIT: Here you go.] -- |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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I am hoping that he is being ironic -- |
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Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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Maybe, but it's such a common mistake that one can never know. I'm sure many people genuinely think what DanielH just said is the truth. Speaking of which, he also needs to revise question mark usage? -- |
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DanielH
Member #934
January 2001
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You are right Matt Perry. I always got horrible marks in English. I was just thinking that it's is it is |
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Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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Good page. I'd forgotten about "it has" - first post edited Oh, and "possessive" Sorry for snapping by the way. -- |
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