Showing posts with label stop abusing grammar and punctuation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stop abusing grammar and punctuation. Show all posts

Friday, January 27, 2012

Oh boy.

I am typing up evaulations that concurrent enrollment students gave for their courses, and it seriously makes me worry.

1. There is a difference between "our" and "are".
2. There is a difference between "there" and "their".
3. There is a difference between "to" and "too".
4. The beginning of a sentence should be capitalized. So should the word "I" and any other proper noun.
5. Plurals don't have apostrophes. If you say "quiz's" it means something different than "quizzes".

These are just a few of the many horrifying errors I have found. It is driving me CRAZY.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Ugh

[rant]"They're" means "They are". "Their" is third person form for more than one person. They don't mean the same thing.

"You're" means "You are". "Your" is referring to you, particularly in a possessive form. As in "Your socks are red." Again, not the same.

One more annoyance: dot dot dots. They are called ellipses. They should be used SPARINGLY. NOT as a substitute for all grammar punctuation. It just makes sentences look dramatic and automatically obnoxious.

Example: One more annoyance...dot dot dots...they are called ellipses... they should be used SPARINGLY...not as a substitute for all grammar punctuation....it just makes sentences look dramatic....and automatically obnoxious...
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