[Artela] Pedantry Time

Day 1,147, 08:29 Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom by Artela

I see a lot of articles these days where basic grammar and spell checking has not been done. The spell checking I can’t do much about, however the common grammar mistakes can be corrected easily if people think about the context of the word they are using and change accordingly.



Common basic grammar problems

There / Their / They’re
There – this is the one to use if you mean something is somewhere, not here but there
Their – this is the one to use if you mean “belonging to someone”, it is their word
They’re – this is a contraction of “they are” and should only be used where “they are” would make sense

Your / You’re
Your – use this one for the context of “it belongs to you”
You’re – this is a contraction of “you are” and should only be used where “you are” would make sense

Its / It’s
Its – belonging to it
It’s – contraction of “it is”

You should be getting the hang of it by this point…



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