In a message dated 11/29/00 11:31:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< > Down(?)" is great driving music. What's they're
> first
>
> > What could LaLoser say about this?
>
> how about, "it's spelled -their-",
wow! yeah, i guess your English teacher would be
really proud of you for correcting me on that one!
i bet you'll be crucifying me for not capitalizing
correctly too. >>
Not to get involved in anyone else's pissing match, I do not mean this as
confrontational, but why is that nobody seems to be able to grasp rudimentary
grammar anymore? Seriously, is distinguishing between the correct usage of
your (or you're) just not important to people anymore? I always assumed that
a modicum of correct language usage would allow one to communicate better,
but it seems as if the mistakes have become more acceptable than the correct
forms. You see the wrong there/their/they're used in press releases, magazine
articles, all sorts of public writing where you would assume it would matter.
By the way, I'm not Mr. smarty pants. I grew up in a friggin' log cabin on a
mountain, I'm hardly some Poindexter. I'm just really curious about the way
language patterns evolve. I supposed it's not much of a topic for the
Modslist, but...
Corin
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