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October 31, 2018 05:36AM
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November 02, 2018 11:56PM
I once worked with an English major who would take memos from the CEO of the Fortune 500 company we worked for, mark them up with a red pencil, and mail them back to him. I told him his grammar skills may be good but his sense of self-preservation needed a lot of work.
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November 05, 2018 12:26AM
@dawnhu wrote:

Mine is the use of your and you're incorrectly. It isn't that hard to know which one to use in a sentence. Does you are make sense in your sentence? If not, your should go in place of you're....

I personally really struggle with how to use there and their correctly...

Oh, that's just TOO EASY!! Their is PEOPLE, there is PLACE.

Meanwhile, the ball is theirs. No apostrophe. Right?

LOL!!!
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November 06, 2018 03:52AM


Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.


Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2018 03:53AM by LisaSTL.
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November 06, 2018 03:56AM
I want that shirt!
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November 06, 2018 04:07AM
@ceasesmith

Thanks so much...that def helps

Shopping Idaho and Oregon/Idaho border region.
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November 06, 2018 04:07PM
Very cool, Lisa!
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November 07, 2018 03:14AM
It popped up on my FB feed around Halloween so my first thought was this thread. I just had to find how to post a picture.

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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November 07, 2018 03:36AM
I saw this one on Facebook too.
@LisaSTL wrote:

It popped up on my FB feed around Halloween so my first thought was this thread. I just had to find how to post a picture.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
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November 10, 2018 02:22AM
Y'all is southern for you guys.

@stormraven73 wrote:

I cringe at ads and store signs with glaring grammatical errors. Misplaced apostrophes, misspelled words, and the ubiquitous "y'all" come to mind. Copy editing is a lost art.
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November 10, 2018 07:35AM
I am an Okie, and I still cringe.
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November 14, 2018 05:00AM
It is officially a contraction for you all. Count me among those who hear it and cringe.

@2stepps wrote:

Y'all is southern for you guys.

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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November 14, 2018 10:35AM
Y'all, it might be downright unkind to diss, dismiss, or disparage instead of re-direct colloquialisms.

Your turn. Now, y'all use y'all in a sentence.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu
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