I understand the point you're trying to make, but another viewpoint
would be that speaking and the written word are used to get your (hee hee)
point across. Now if we were in school writing a paper about High Altitude
Syncope, I would expect the grammar to be exceptional.
However in casual conversations, the grammarians will have to accept
that we're not paying attention to our grammar as tightly as we would if we
were being graded on it, or if we were in a situation that warranted it
(i.e.: business meetings). The result however, is the same: we have gotten
our point across.
In other words, may be yoo should'nt apply you're gramer rulz too us. ;-)
;-)
Jeff
Domino Effect
http://www.dominoeffect.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Llewellyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:53 AM
Subject: sorry
> I a very sorry about copying the whole modslist into
> my message...I thought I had cut it, but I guess I
> hadn't....
>
> While I'm here, though, let me bring up another pet
> peeve: it's L-E-D--Z-E-P-P-E-L-I-N! Not Led Zepplin!
> One of the posts the other day was talking about them,
> and had it spelled all wonky. I've even seen bloody
> tattoos that say "Zepplin." While we're at it, the
> day of the week is Wednesday not "Wensday." The
> contraction for you are (as in YOU ARE a real mod, not
> one of them phony types who just listens to the music
> and wears the clothes and rides the scooters)is
> "you're," not "your." Your indicates something that
> belongs to you, such as, "your scooter has so many
> mirrors on it that it makes you look like Jimmy from
> Quadrophenia!" Also, it's "passed out" from drinking
> not "past out." Now, the last one I haven't seen
> being used on the modslist, but I thought I'd include
> it in my little admonition anyway. I came across a
> yahoo club called "drunk and pastout girls," and was
> very disappointed when I entered only to find drunk
> and "passed out" girls-- I was hoping for some drunk
> girls dressed up in costumes of cave-women, or
> medieval wenches or something.
>
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