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- Go to "Your" versus "You’re." How hard can it be to use these words correctly??
wenchy, yeah...you sure were sly...sorry I outed ya!
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 9:38 PM
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Dangit!! You've blown my cover!!!
posted by
Moohahaha
on July 5, 2004 at 9:36 PM
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thanks, wenchy!!!...are u just trying to get on all three of my
LOL, ROFL and LMAO lists???
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 9:34 PM
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PS: In Australia we refer to ungentlemanly types as wombats ...
ie; he eats, roots (Aussie for shag), shoots and leaves 
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posted by
Moohahaha
on July 5, 2004 at 9:31 PM
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LOL, a timely topic well trod :) xx
Drives me nuts, too. Your a champ for bringing it to our attention .
Heheheehehehehehehehe xx.
posted by
Moohahaha
on July 5, 2004 at 9:28 PM
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Mark, ROFL, that made my head spin around ala Linda Blair!
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 7:14 PM
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Sweet. Want to move on to double-negatives? The whole freaking world is screwing those up.
"He didn't make it, I don't think". Uh, so, he made it, then.
posted by
mark2556
on July 5, 2004 at 7:10 PM
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mark2556, thank you for chiming in with that. I found this interesting
tidbit on google: If you can’t remember the rule, remind yourself that, just as you wouldn’t write “alittle” you shouldn’t write “alot.”
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 7:03 PM
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Hannah,
She won't. I believe Quirky had plans until later on, so if she doesn't answer back for awhile, then, don't go to pondering people. Shadow
posted by
Keshet
on July 4, 2004 at 7:55 AM
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Slinking off after reading Mark2556's comment
<red faced> Heh, heh...Think I might make that mistake myself, alot...I mean a lot, *A* lot... Help, Quirky, please don't cross me off the kindred spirit list!
posted by
Hannah_B
on July 4, 2004 at 7:52 AM
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There's a VERY big ofence that happens all the time:
"Alot"...As in, "I use my Monster Dong personal vibrator alot."
"Alot" is not a freaking word, people!!! Please check the dictionary; it's not there. However, "A" is a word, "lot" is a word, and "a lot" are.....uh....two words.
Whenever I see it I want to see how well my spear gun works above water.
posted by
mark2556
on July 4, 2004 at 7:32 AM
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harveyg, hahahaha!
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 1:49 PM
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Your pretty funny you'reself!
posted by
HarveyG
on July 3, 2004 at 8:08 AM
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moondawg, hehehe, you alls r so funny!
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 6:59 PM
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No problem here
to keep from confusing the two out here where I live we use You alls.
posted by
Moondawg
on July 2, 2004 at 6:49 PM
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roofpig, that's atrocious! Enough to drive a sane person to drink!
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 3:29 PM
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mark2556, thanks for the laugh. Funny as always.
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 3:28 PM
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Scriber, okay, thanks for clarifying. Makes sense now after all!
(Imagine that!)
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 2:53 PM
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Quirky, here in the Deetroit, means, Might have done, what you said.
meaning I agree with you that i might have meant whassup.
posted by
scriber
on July 2, 2004 at 2:48 PM
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Scribder, did you mean not to make sense or am I *slow*??
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 2:43 PM
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Quirky J, might have done.
posted by
scriber
on July 2, 2004 at 2:40 PM
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scriber, didn't you mean "wassup??"
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 2:36 PM
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msaries, we're adding it's/its to the list. Thanks!
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 2:31 PM
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kidnykid, thanks, I'll put you on my growing "kindred spirit" list.
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 2:28 PM
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strat, just talk it through, everything will be okay!
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 2:28 PM
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Don't get me started
I deal with this on a daily basis. I have to review ad copy that advertisers write and the misuse of commas and apostrophes is atrocious. Not to mention the myriad of other extremely dumb mistakes.
"Get you're product hear, its the most best product inthe wrold." 
posted by
roofpig
on July 2, 2004 at 1:27 PM
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Not to mention people who confuse "tits" and "tit's". Imbeciles.
posted by
mark2556
on July 2, 2004 at 1:20 PM
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Quirky, how about those jerks that go, "what tha? When it should be what's
happening?
posted by
scriber
on July 2, 2004 at 1:00 PM
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What's just as bad are the people who confuse "its" and "it's."
posted by
msaries
on July 2, 2004 at 12:58 PM
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Thanks!
Great post - I don't know how many times such errors drive me nuts.
posted by
kidnykid
on July 2, 2004 at 12:54 PM
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SCRIBER!!! You left me standing at the gate all night long, waiting for
your plane. So just stop all this teasing, you ain't gonna follow thru with any of it!
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 10:05 AM
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SHADOW!!!!...3 a.m. girl? Are you'se a vampire or sumpin??
But thank you for visiting the Quirkster, "your welcome" to come by at any hour...heehee, I crack myself up!
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 10:04 AM
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Quirky Julia, I would rather use the sense of feel...love s.
posted by
scriber
on July 2, 2004 at 10:02 AM
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pickles, I understand. But you know, there is that little-used yet
so very helpful thing that some call "editing." That would do the trick I'm sure!
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 10:02 AM
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Fat Guy, gads that is funny. Thanks for your contribution.
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 10:00 AM
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Thanks Scriber. But have you had your vision checked lately??
posted by
Julia.
on July 2, 2004 at 10:00 AM
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Yikes did it again
It's one I commonly misuse. Yeah, that's what I'm trying to say. I think..
posted by
strat
on July 2, 2004 at 7:49 AM
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Hurried is right
The one I catch myself in the most is "its" and "it's." I'm sure I make more mistakes than that -- it's (or its) up with which I commonly screw...
posted by
strat
on July 2, 2004 at 7:48 AM
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Damn, that was hard to do and real scarey. I admit though I do the same myself. 
Oh, I forgot to use ain't in that last comment, crap. LOL Shadow
posted by
Keshet
on July 2, 2004 at 3:00 AM
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Hellll, I'm from Tennessee, I don't rite or spake good at all. Yourins is welcomed to cum on down and try to teech mi. Shadow
posted by
Keshet
on July 2, 2004 at 2:57 AM
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I know the difference
and I hate it when I see it but you know, sometimes when my fingers do the typing and I don't do a re-read they slip through!!!
posted by
littlemspickles
on July 2, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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The local prison...
has a giant billboard as you drive into town. It is now advertising employment opportunities for "Nurse's, RN's and Cook's."
I keep thinking I should call, but then I chicken out.
posted by
Fat_Guy
on July 1, 2004 at 11:46 PM
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Quirky, no, you look great from my view...love s.
posted by
scriber
on July 1, 2004 at 8:17 PM
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Scriber, did you say I'm the funny looking one??
posted by
Julia.
on July 1, 2004 at 8:06 PM
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Quirky, you know you're the funny one. love Scriber
posted by
scriber
on July 1, 2004 at 7:56 PM
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Kay-Ren, speaking of funny, you are Gold LOL funny.
posted by
Julia.
on July 1, 2004 at 7:42 PM
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Scriber, hahahaha...now that IS funny!
posted by
Julia.
on July 1, 2004 at 7:41 PM
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I don't know what your talkin... ugg I can't do it. Not even for a joke. You're You are! ahh what's happening to me!
posted by
Kay-Ren
on July 1, 2004 at 7:35 PM
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Quirky, I can't be as funny as you. LOL.
posted by
scriber
on July 1, 2004 at 7:23 PM
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Scribey, AARRRGH!
posted by
Julia.
on July 1, 2004 at 7:18 PM
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Quirky, your right. I missed a chance.
posted by
scriber
on July 1, 2004 at 7:15 PM
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Hannah B...LOL. I better go get that book!
posted by
Julia.
on July 1, 2004 at 7:13 PM
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Wait for it...
Punctuation!!
posted by
Hannah_B
on July 1, 2004 at 7:08 PM
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Hannah B, my kindred spirit. Yes its/it's is irritating as well. What is
this Eats, Shoots & Leaves about??
posted by
Julia.
on July 1, 2004 at 6:49 PM
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Hooray!
You're a stickler, I can see. Hooray! Your/you're is one of my pet peeves, too. (Can we talk about its/it's now? Or the misplacement of quotation marks, something that grocery stores seem to have a particularly hard time with?) Have you read _Eats, Shoots and Leaves_? I haven't finished it yet, but I love it.
posted by
Hannah_B
on July 1, 2004 at 6:39 PM
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Scriber, wouldn't it have been funny if you had said,
Your on to something..."
posted by
Julia.
on July 1, 2004 at 6:30 PM
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Quirky, You're on to something here. I have misued words like that and
others usually working too fast. Most time it can be caught proofing, but spell check won't catch it.
posted by
scriber
on July 1, 2004 at 6:16 PM
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mark2556, will you please teach me to right gooder?
posted by
Julia.
on July 1, 2004 at 6:12 PM
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I agree that for many, and esp. for established writers
like yourself, it could well be just being in a hurry (although for some reason that error is not one I make no matter how harried I am). But for others, I think, they may not actually think about it, or know the difference. The real question is, why does it bug me so much when other common errors don't??
posted by
Julia.
on July 1, 2004 at 6:11 PM
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Y'all talk funny. You'se need to learn gooder righting.
posted by
mark2556
on July 1, 2004 at 6:09 PM
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I think it's called writing in a hurry. When I proofread my blogs I catch
that error a lot. It's not like I don't know how to use those words, it's simply sloppiness and being in a hurry.
posted by
Ariala
on July 1, 2004 at 6:03 PM
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