YOU'RE an example of how not to use the word YOUR

by ColdRedRain 19 Replies latest jw friends

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  Alpaca

  I agree.

  Bad grammer is really annoying. However, sometimes I think posters just make an honest mistake.

  For example, this morning after I posted something I noticed that I used "there" when I meant to use "their," and thought to myself "what a moron, I am." Oh well. When you are mentally sounding things out phonetically, mistakes are bound to happen. So, it's another good argument for careful proof reading.

  Another thing that's really annoying is rambling sentences that show absolutely no forethought on the part of the poster.

  Thanks for the vent session

  Alex
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  Hortensia

  As someone pointed out to me once, it's actually spelled "grammar" rather than "grammer." You're absolutely right - I wonder where all the tax dollars for education are going. They're obviously not going for education.
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  Layla33

  I have grammar gripes myself, mostly in my own writing because I am typing fast, whilst doing something else like working or two other things at home. I go back and edit, but sometimes I miss it. I think if we were turning in technical papers or things like that, we would be better, but honestly on a forum, expect some grammar and spelling mistakes. Imagine if there was no spell check invented, we would be lost. *smile*
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  sspo

  your soo ryt, i hope youll contnu to help us aut

  with ar englis and gramar. We ned it in dhis countri

  Thanks for the reminder, but you are definetely right, schools and mostly parents should

  do a better job in teaching childen
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  JeffT

  You can get T-shirts that say "Your a moron."
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  MsMcDucket

  I type phonetically. I, always, had to have someone proof read my college papers. I'm bad with homonyms!

  

  A

  	a	very short little insignificant English word
  	eh	an interrogative utterance
  	acts	things done
  	ax	chopping tool
  	ad	short for advertisement
  	add	short for addition
  	adds	performs additions
  	ads	more than one advertisement
  	adze	axe-like tool
  	ade	fruit beverage
  	aid	to assist
  	aide	an assistant
  	aerie	eagle's nest
  	airy	breezy
  	aero	of aircraft
  	arrow	slender, pointed shaft

  	affect	to change
  	effect	result
  	ail	sick
  	ale	beer

  	air	stuff we breathe
  	are	1/100th of a hectare
  	e'er	contraction of "ever"
  	ere	eventually
  	err	to make a mistake
  	heir	one who will inherit

  	aisle	walkway
  	I'll	contraction of "I will"
  	isle	island
  	all	everything
  	awl	pointed scriber
  	allowed	permitted
  	aloud	spoken
  	altar	raised center of worship
  	alter	to change
  	an	a single instance
  	Ann	a woman's name
  	ant	insect
  	aunt	parent's sister
  	ante	preliminary bet
  	auntie	sister of a parent
  	arc	portion of a circle
  	ark	vessel
  	ascent	the climb
  	assent	to agree

  	ate	past tense of eat
  	eight	the number base of octal
  	auger	a drill
  	augur	foretell

  	aught	anything
  	ought	should

  	aural	of hearing
  	oral	of the mouth

  	auricle	external part of the ear
  	oracle	seer
  	away	distant
  	aweigh	just clear of the bottom

  	awed	in a state of wonder
  	odd	not usual

  	aweful	filled with awe
  	awful	really bad
  	offal	butchered entrails

  	aye	naval affirmative
  	eye	ocular organ
  	I	oneself

  B

  	bail	bucket handle
  	bale	bundle of hay
  	bailed	pumping water out of a boat
  	baled	to gather into a bale
  	bailee	a person to whom goods are committed for custody or repair
  	bailey	the outer wall of a castle
  	bailie	a municipal officer in Scotland
  	bailer	one who bails (water)
  	bailor	a person that entrusts goods to a bailee
  	baler	one who bales (hay)
  	bailing	pumping water out of a boat
  	baling	wire used to tie bales
  	bait	to torment
  	bate	to lessen
  	baited	past tense of bait
  	bated	past tense of bate
  	baiting	tormenting
  	bating	lessening
  	baize	green felt
  	bays	one or more enclosed arms of the ocean
  	beys	one or more Turkish officials
  	bald	hairless
  	balled	carnal knowledge
  	bawled	cried aloud
  	ball	playful orb
  	bawl	to cry
  	band	a group
  	banned	forbidden
  	bard	a poet
  	barred	enclosed by poles
  	bare	naked
  	bear	wild ursine
  	bark	outer sheath of a tree
  	barque	square-rigged sailing ship
  	baron	minor royalty
  	barren	unable to bear children
  	Barry	a man's name
  	berry	small fruit
  	bury	to take under
  	basal	forming the base
  	basil	an herb
  	base	the bottom support for anything
  	bass	the lowest musical pitch or range
  	based	supported
  	baste	to swab with liquid during cooking
  	bases	what baseball players like to steal
  	basis	principal constituent of anything
  	basses	many four-stringed guitars
  	bask	to warm oneself pleasantly
  	basque	tightfitting bodice or tunic (or, people of the Pyrenees)
  	bat	a blind, flying rodent
  	batt	a flat pad
  	baud	bits per second
  	bawd	brothel manager
  	bay	an enclosed arm of the ocean
  	bey	a Turkish official
  	be	to exist
  	bee	pollinating buzzer
  	beach	where i want to be
  	beech	a type of tree
  	bean	a legume
  	been	past tense of be
  	beat	to hit
  	beet	edible red root
  	beau	male friend
  	bow	a curve or bend; double-slipped reef knot
  	beaut	slang for beauty, beautiful
  	butte	steep sided hill
  	been	past tense of be
  	bin	a box or container
  	beer	universally brewed comfort food
  	bier	a temporary frame for a coffin
  	bel	indian thorn tree
  	Bel	Babylonian god
  	bell	ding ding
  	belle	beautiful woman
  	berth	anchorage
  	birth	your method of arrival
  	besot	to get drunk
  	besought	past tense of beseech
  	better	superior
  	bettor	one who bets
  	bight	middle of a rope
  	bite	a mouthful
  	byte	eight bits
  	billed	has a bill
  	build	to construct
  	bit	past tense of bite
  	bitt	large cleat for tying up ships
  	blew	past tense of blow
  	blue	color of California sky
  	bloc	an alliance
  	block	square object
  	boar	wild pig
  	Boer	a South African of Dutch descent
  	boor	tasteless buffoon
  	bore	not interesting
  	board	a plank
  	bored	not interested
  	boarder	lodger who gets meals, too
  	border	perimeter
  	bode	an omen
  	bowed	curved
  	bold	brave
  	bowled	knocked over
  	bolder	more courageous
  	boulder	large rock
  	bole	trunk
  	boll	round seed pod
  	bowl	dish
  	boos	disparaging sounds from fans
  	booze	whiskey
  	born	brought into life
  	borne	past participle of bear
  	bourn	a small stream or boundary
  	borough	township
  	burrow	dig into the ground
  	bough	tree branch
  	bow	front of a ship; respectful bend
  	bouy	navigational aid
  	boy	male child
  	bra	brassiere
  	braw	well-groomed
  	braid	a weave of three strands
  	brayed	a donkey cried
  	braise	cook with oil and water
  	brays	loud, harsh cry
  	brake	stopping device
  	break	to split apart
  	breach	to break through
  	breech	the back part
  	bread	a loaf
  	bred	past tense of breed
  	brewed	fermented
  	brood	family
  	brews	more than one beer
  	bruise	a contusion
  	bridal	pertaining to brides
  	bridle	horse's headgear
  	broach	to raise a subject
  	brooch	an ornament fastened to clothes
  	brows	multiple foreheads
  	browse	grazing
  	bundt	type of cake
  	bunt	hit a pitch without swinging
  	burger	meat sandwich
  	burgher	merchant
  	bus	large multi-passenger vehicle
  	buss	a kiss
  	bussed	kissed
  	bust	head and shoulders sculpture
  	but	excepting
  	butt	the thick end
  	buy	to purchase
  	by	near
  	bye	farewell
  	buyer	one who purchases
  	byre	a cow barn

  C

  	cache	hidden storage
  	cash	legal tender
  	cached	hidden away
  	cashed	converted to legal tender
  	calendar	chart of days
  	calender	paper press
  	call	to summon
  	caul	amnionic membrane
  	col	a mountain pass
  	caller	one who calls
  	collar	my cat has collar ID
  	can't	contraction of "can not"
  	cant	a bevel
  	cannon	big gun
  	canon	body of law
  	canter	a moderate gallop
  	cantor	singer
  	canvas	rough cloth
  	canvass	to examine thoroughly
  	capital	most important
  	capitol	center of government

  	carat	unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams
  	caret	proofreader's insertion mark
  	carrot	edible orange root
  	karat	one 24th part of otherwise pure gold
  	carol	Christmas song
  	carrel	study enclosure
  	carpal	a bone of the carpus
  	carpel	a pistil
  	cast	to throw
  	caste	a social class
  	caster	one who throws
  	castor	beaver's smelly gland
  	cause	generative force
  	caws	sounds of crows

  	cay	a low island
  	key	opens locks
  	quay	a wharf

  	cedar	an evergreen tree
  	seeder	one who broadcasts seeds

  	cede	to give
  	seed	part of a plant from which a new one grows

  	ceding	giving
  	seeding	planting

  	ceiling	top of the room
  	sealing	to close a package or envelope

  	cell	a small room
  	sell	to exchange for money

  	cellar	under a house
  	seller	one who sells

  	censer	incense dish
  	censor	bad people who fear knowledge
  	sensor	a device which detects

  	census	numbering
  	senses	faculties

  	cent	one hundredth of a dollar
  	scent	an aroma
  	sent	dispatched

  	cents	hundredths of a dollar
  	scents	many things to smell
  	sense	detection equipment

  	cere	waxy fleshy covering at the base of the upper beak in some birds
  	sear	to scorch
  	seer	a prophet
  	sere	natural succession of plant or animal communities

  	cereal	grains
  	serial	numbers in sequence

  	Ceres	Roman Goddess of agriculture
  	series	a sequence of things

  	cession	giving up
  	session	a group sitting
  	chalk	calcareous earthy substance
  	chock	wedge to keep wheels from rolling
  	chance	happenstance
  	chants	more than one litany
  	chard	spinach-like vegetable
  	charred	burnt
  	chased	quickly followed
  	chaste	virginal
  	check	a tic mark
  	Czech	from Czechoslovakia
  	chews	masticating
  	choose	to select
  	Chile	a South American country
  	chili	dried pod of red pepper
  	chilly	uncomfortably cool

  	choir	church singers
  	quire	the twentieth part of a ream of paper
  	choler	yellow bile
  	collar	around your neck
  	choral	by a chorus
  	coral	marine polyp skeleton
  	chorale	a choir
  	corral	a pen for horses
  	chord	three tones in harmony
  	cord	very light rope
  	cored	divested of its central part

  	chute	inclined trough
  	shoot	to project an object

  	cite	to refer to
  	sight	vision
  	site	a location

  	cited	referenced
  	sighted	visually identified
  	sited	located

  	cites	past tense of cite
  	sights	tourist rationale
  	sites	more than one location
  	clack	a chattering sound
  	claque	a group hired to applaud, sycophants
  	Claus	fat, jolly guy with presents
  	clause	contractual unit
  	claws	big fingernails
  	clew	sheet cringle on a sail
  	clue	a hint
  	click	ticking noise
  	clique	exclusive group
  	climb	ascending
  	clime	climate
  	close	to shut
  	clothes	garments
  	coal	black mineral
  	cole	plants in the crucifer family
  	coaled	supplied with coal
  	cold	not supplied with coal
  	coarse	rough
  	course	path of travel
  	coat	wear it for warmth
  	cote	small animal shed
  	coax	persuade
  	cokes	more than one soft drink
  	cocks	more than one male bird
  	cox	a coxswain
  	Cox	a variety of eating apple
  	coddling	tenderly treating
  	codling	small, unripe apple
  	coffer	a strongbox; decorative, sunken ceiling panels
  	cougher	one who coughs

  	coin	money
  	quoin	corner stone

  	colonel	military officer
  	kernel	seed
  	complacence	self-satisfaction
  	complaisance	willingness to please
  	complacent	self-satified
  	complaisant	willing to please
  	complement	allotment
  	compliment	encomium
  	conch	marine mollusk
  	conk	blow to the head
  	coo	a soft murmuring sound
  	coup	a successful stroke
  	copes	gets along with adversity
  	copse	a stand of trees
  	copped	swiped
  	copt	a native Egyptian to a Roman
  	cops	police officers
  	copse	a small wood
  	core	inner part
  	corps	body
  	cosign	to sign in addition
  	cosine	sine of the complement
  	council	group of leaders
  	counsel	advisor

  and more!!! http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html
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  Alpaca
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  Alpaca

  Oops...sorry about that blank post. Thanks, Hortensia for the "grammar" correction....see what I mean with those damn phonetics. Alex
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  MsMcDucket

  And after reading a British novel, I may really get things screwy! Is it grammar or grammer? Is it baptise or baptize?

  Spelling differences between American and British English
  -or vs. -our American British color colour favorite favourite honor honour -ll vs. -l American British enrollment enrolment fulfill fulfil skillful skilful -og vs. -ogue American British analog analogue catalog catalogue dialog dialogue -ck or -k vs. -que American British bank banque check cheque checker chequer -ense vs. -enze American British defense defence license licence		-ze vs. -se American British analyze analyse criticize criticise memorize memorise -er vs. -re American British center centre meter metre theater theatre -e vs. -oe or -ae American British encylopedia encylycopaedia maneuver manoeuvre medieval mediaeval -dg vs. -dge (or -g vs. -gu) American British aging ageing argument arguement judgment judgement Other American British jewelry jewellery draft draught pajamas pyjamas plow plough program programme tire tyre

  In British English, words that end in -l preceded by a vowel usually double the -l when a suffix is added, while in American English the letter is not doubled. The letter will double in the stress is on the second syllable.
  

  Base Word	American	British
  counsel	counseling	counselling
  equal	equaling	equalling
  model	modeling	modelling
  quarrel	quarreling	quarrelling
  signal	signaling	signalling
  travel	traveling	travelling
  excel	excelling	excelling
  propel	propelling	propelling
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  compound complex

  They're over there eating their lunch. To see the two of them together again is too wonderful!