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[Artela] Pedantry Time (reprint)

Day 1,788, 02:30 • Published in USA United Kingdom

• by Artela

I see a lot of articles which could be improved just by basic grammar and spell checking. The spell checking I can’t do much about in an article like this, 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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Comments

Finway Day 1,788, 03:26

I aren't sure : D

mogaba Day 1,788, 03:59

Grammatik macht frei.

Freiheitskaempfer Day 1,788, 05:55

mogaba

New Faustian Man Day 1,788, 06:03

FIST

Send love to Plato Day 1,788, 06:04

V+S

fingerguns Day 1,788, 06:06

I would vote a thousand times, if I could.

mick cain Day 1,788, 06:11

lulz

Kutluk Bilge Kul Ishamael Day 1,788, 07:04

wingfield Day 1,788, 07:23

V + S

Don't get me started about the catastrophe that has befallen the apostrophe!

To/too/two:

To - either where you are going; or part of the infinitive that should NEVER (not even in Star Trek) be split from the rest of a verb - put the adverb AFTER the verb and the object instead, stupid!
Too - to denote excess (as in too much and too far, etc)
Two - the number after "One"

Lose/loose:

Lose - what your team does when it is beaten
Loose - not secured properly

Inwegen Day 1,788, 07:28

I would vote a thousand times, if I could.
x2

Black Baroness Day 1,788, 07:30

lol
voted

John Killah Day 1,788, 07:45

I would vote a thousand times, if I could.
x3

Dio Czenishkov Day 1,788, 07:53

If only this would accomplish anything : (

soil3d Day 1,788, 07:57

Cake is a lie

Zonmei Day 1,788, 09:19

Next can you do an English to American translation guide? Fortnight... WTF?

eSupernova Day 1,788, 09:30

I've already made the "lose/loose" mistake in a comment. But that was because I was tired, so I didn't take attention to how I wrote it. And when I noticed this failure, it was too late....

DokJon Day 1,788, 10:32

I would of voted a thousand times.

Now catch the error! 😛

Maegalodonus Day 1,788, 10:49

Them niggas aint got no clue

Lawkee Day 1,788, 12:24

aw yiss

Artela Day 1,788, 12:45

DokJon: LOL.... grrrrrrrrrrrr.... that makes my teeth itch!
(And it's 'would HAVE')

Talon Karrde Day 1,788, 14:37

Excellent, cake.

Kemal Ergenekon Day 1,788, 15:10

olivermellors Day 1,788, 17:17

Is "grammar error" an error of grammar or an error in grammar?

wingfield Day 1,788, 19:48

"oriented" NOT "orientated"
"orient" NOT "orientate"
"different FROM" NOT "different to" or "different than"

and ...

No matter what Websters may presume, the past participle of "sneak" is "sneaked" and NOT "snuck"

LanyIsLost Day 1,788, 20:06

my pet peeve is the misuse of "then" and "than"

roboz Day 1,788, 20:21

Its great your taking the time to educate people. They're alot of people that will find this useful 🙂

kirintaimu Day 1,788, 21:28

On the rare occasion that I make such elementary mistakes, I find it acutely embarassing.

snake dr Day 1,788, 23:50

could of/should of - only in *retarded mode*

correct is:

could have/should have

jmurrib21 Day 1,789, 00:11

Excellent. I like constructive critics. Voted.

castaneda Day 1,789, 01:46

Me faily english ?!?!? Thats unpossible

Izzat Reich Day 1,789, 02:01

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Fitisin Day 1,789, 07:55

@ollivermellors - neither, it's a grammatical error. 🙂

AndraX2000 Day 1,789, 08:16

"I see a lot of articles which could be improved just by basic grammar and spell checking."

That's not fair. Most articles could also be improved through planning, creativity, or other means. Most articles are not so well written that they could be improved just by basic grammar and spell checking.

Oh, you meant, "I see a lot of articles which could be improved easily by basic grammar and spell checking." Don't worry, misusing "just" is a common mistake; no one will be pedantic about it.