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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is the spelling of ad (advertisement) so confused with add (adding and subtracting)
Geesh! There isn't even a second d in the word advertisement.
marybourg
(12,634 posts)"there" when the poster means "their".
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)marybourg
(12,634 posts)we only use "it's" when we mean "it is".
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)to prove how educated they are when, had they simply trusted their instincts, they would have been just fine.
Somehow putting an apostrophe between 'it' and 'is' must prove how 'serious' one is, or something like that.
marybourg
(12,634 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)that is one way to indicate possession. People know (or think they know) that its wrong to limit its' use to merely it's intended meaning. So, if they use an apostrophe for possession when none is needed or, worse, an apostrophe for contraction when they mean possession, they are doing so to prove something, perhaps how serious or erudite they are (at least in their own minds).
RC
(25,592 posts)They don't confuse lost and loost. Maybe their spelling ability isn't that loose yet.
aquart
(69,014 posts)Same goes for there their they're, your you're, and others.
They seem to be bundled by sound and sometimes the brain selects the wrong one.
LiberalFighter
(51,044 posts)and then recheck it and correct. Usually, I think I put in there first and correct if it should be the other.
CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,044 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)I think some people might not like two letter words!
I also get a "fingers on the blackboard" feeling when I see people misuse reign and rein. It is "free rein"--as in, drop the reins and let the horse go where it will, not "free reign" as if some crazy-ass king is making rules willy-nilly or something. The latter doesn't make a doggone bit of sense!
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)principles don't 'jive' with American politics.
When questioned, the poster subsequently confirmed that, yes, he was "jive talkin' "
But his confirmation did not jibe with my understanding of what he was getting at
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)right?
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I meant that if you turn it around it can be understood better...
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)(in my best Yoda voice)
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,855 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,363 posts)... to correct their typos, instead of proofreading their posts.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)he is "older than me"
What's really funny is when people get mixed up with two people and possessive case.
I have heard a couple people, amazing, say:
"John and I's book"
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)As in: "This proposal is egregious to Obama and myself," instead of "This proposal is egregious to Obama and me."
You wouldn't say, "This proposal is egregious to myself." Why use the reflexive pronoun?