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    Grammar:

    The difference between knowing your shit
    and knowing you're shit

  • #2
    http://www.englishchick.com/grammar/grpunc.htm

    All the examples, read the examples!
    "illegal downloading saved people from having to buy that piece of shit you tried to pass off as music" - Nighbat

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    • #3
      Ooooo! Ron is gonna love this thread.
      "clean sounds are for pussies" - Axewielder

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      • #4
        Adele won 6 awards at the last show for her contribution to the English language
        "There's nothing taking away from the pure masculinity I possess"

        -"You like Anime"

        "....crap!"

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        • #5
          Me likey berry munch
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          Action Jackson

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          • #6
            My Grammar died of old age, bless her.
            So I woke up,rolled over and who was lying next to me? Only Bonnie Langford!

            I nearly broke her back

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Rsmacker View Post
              My Grammar died of old age, bless her.

              Did she leave behind some collectable Grammarphones?

              (man, this is getting corny)
              "There's nothing taking away from the pure masculinity I possess"

              -"You like Anime"

              "....crap!"

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Nightbat View Post
                Did she leave behind some collectable Grammarphones?

                (man, this is getting corny)
                Getting???
                "clean sounds are for pussies" - Axewielder

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                • #9
                  Grammar 1/2 ounce depends on the day of the week....
                  Enjoying a rum and coke, just didn't have any coke...

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Scooter View Post
                    http://www.englishchick.com/grammar/grpunc.htm

                    All the examples, read the examples!
                    The exception to the possessive rule - and the one which gives most people a lot of trouble - is the word "its" meaning "belonging to it." Unlike most possessives, "its" does not contain an apostrophe. It is just one of the many cases where the English language is unnecessarily complex. The trouble with English is not that it has too many rules - it's that there are too many exceptions to the rules. But "its/it's" is a case wherein it's good to remember Case 1 from above. If the word is "it's," ask yourself, "What letter has been removed?" The answer clearly is "i." The letter i from "it is" has been replaced by the apostrophe.

                    So, to clarify:
                    Its = belonging to it. "The frying pan has a dent in its handle."
                    It's = it is. "It's not my fault the frying pan is dented!"
                    "Quiet, numbskulls, I'm broadcasting!" -Moe Howard, "Micro-Phonies" (1945)

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                    • #11
                      48 point type = strong hate for infractions of this grammar rule.
                      GTWGITS! - RacerX

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                      • #12
                        Yes, but if it's Gabrielle's whip, why does Xena have it?
                        "illegal downloading saved people from having to buy that piece of shit you tried to pass off as music" - Nighbat

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by tonemonster View Post
                          Getting???
                          Sue me, I'm Dutch

                          Funny that today my Polish Co-worker learning my language asked me if a certain word ended with 'T' or a 'D'

                          And like any thoroughbred cheesehead, I, ofcourse, had no idea


                          "There's nothing taking away from the pure masculinity I possess"

                          -"You like Anime"

                          "....crap!"

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                          • #14
                            I'm not part of the grammar police but bad grammar bugs me. Especially simple shit, you'd be surprised on how many MBA's I deal with that don't know the difference between too and to. Another one I run across is moot vs mute. It is not a mute point, it is a moot point mmmmkay...go back to school and get you a doctorate degree as obviously MBA wasn't enough
                            shawnlutz.com

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Shawn Lutz View Post
                              I'm not part of the grammar police but bad grammar bugs me. Especially simple shit, you'd be surprised on how many MBA's I deal with
                              What belongs to an MBA that you deal with?


                              No apostrophe in MBAs.
                              I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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