Hello everyone,
It's been a long time since my last post to the reflector, but I currently have
lots of time on my hands (maybe too much)while my broken left arm (upper end of
humerus bone) mends. I hope you will read this in the way it is indended - -
simply for information, not criticism.
Ha, ha!
I'm a professional writer who makes that mistake a lot - in quickly-composed
e-mails!
There's a huge difference between formal and informal writing! I'd be sorry
if anyone to hesitated to add a post because their English skills might not
be quite up to the highest standards of formal
-Original Message-
From: Ron D'Eau Claire
I'm a professional writer who makes that mistake a lot - in
quickly-composed e-mails!
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Every time I write a phrase using _its_ or _it's_ I have to stop and
think about it. It's just not natural to me even after all
Ron wrote:
Every time I write a phrase using _its_ or _it's_ I have to
stop and think about it.
Other very common errors are:
(1) Misuse of your and you're,
(2) Misuse of their and there and they're,
(3) Misuse to and too.
We all make such errors on occasion, but when any individual
native
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