A Quick Grammar Lesson

crooton1 • 13 August 2011 at 5:40 PM

~APOSTROPHE S~

Words that end with " 's" usually stand for "___ is"
Example;
"It's" is "It is" for short.

It also shows belonging to something.
Example;
"The Mummar's head."

The apostrophe s shows that the head belongs to the Mummar

And some words do not need an apostrophe s.
Example;
"The boy jump's."

That sentence is "The boy jump is", which is not correct, the correct version would be;

"The boy jumps."

~TOO, TWO AND TO~

(credit to @dragonstorm78 for these two!)
Many people also mess up to/too. "To" usually becomes before an action.

Example: To jump over something.

Too is usually used in conversation, like this:

Example: "I want to go, too!"

A way to incorrectly use these two words are down here.

Example: "I want to go, to!"

Example: Too jump over something.

~YOU'RE AND YOUR~

"Your" and "You're" are also two words commonly messed up. "Your" is used as a possessive, like this:

Example: "Your shoe is untied," Bob said.

"You're", on the other hand, is a contraction that stands for "you are". Here is an INCORRECT way to use "You're".

Example: "You're shoe is untied," Bob said.

This would mean "You are shoe is untied." That doesn't make any sense, now, does it? Here is a correct way to use "You're".

Example: You're a nice person.

And now, for an incorrect way to use "Your":

Example: Your a nice person.

smilies • 13 August 2011 at 5:44 PM

Double topic O_o What I said on the other one xD

crooton1 • 13 August 2011 at 5:45 PM

@Smilies

Many people know this, other, not so much. It annoys me when someone says

"The car's were on the street."

miomar • 13 August 2011 at 5:46 PM

@Crooton1 Totally agree it's annoying =^P

crooton1 • 13 August 2011 at 5:47 PM

@Miomar

VERY ANNOYING. >.>

hvernon • 13 August 2011 at 5:48 PM

I'm a grammer nerd too. Oh new topic so again for others.

Contractions don't forget those either. For example we've does not mean we is ve it means we have. Apostrophes can take place of a missing letter/s or show possesion. Also It's can also mean it has.

Bad grammer makes hvernon very sad.

crooton1 • 13 August 2011 at 5:49 PM

@Hvernon

XD

lollaugh • 13 August 2011 at 5:51 PM

@crooton1 what was this about??

smilies • 13 August 2011 at 5:51 PM

Lol xD And when multiple people are each owning one of something you say, "The cats' tails" right?

crooton1 • 13 August 2011 at 5:52 PM

@Smilies

Yes, also if it ends with s.

Such as "James' toy."

hvernon • 13 August 2011 at 5:53 PM

Yes right for example Those are the rabbits' carrots.

chatial • 13 August 2011 at 5:58 PM

@Crooton1
Some people on here don't speak very fluent English,
so in some cases this cannot be helped.
Well I guess you could try, but it's very hard to understand for other countries.

taffy789 • 13 August 2011 at 5:59 PM

I heard English is ONE OF THE MOST COMPLICATED LAUNGUAGES. XP

crooton1 • 13 August 2011 at 5:59 PM

@Chatial

Every bit helps. 😉

dreamer • 13 August 2011 at 6:00 PM

*headdesk* School hasn't started yet, right? XP X3

crooton1 • 13 August 2011 at 6:28 PM

@Dreamer

It annoys me though. ._.

dreamer • 13 August 2011 at 6:29 PM

@Crooton1 If it annoys you, you should've seen me when I was a n00b. XP No capitalizations, no punctuations, no emoticons. xD

crooton1 • 13 August 2011 at 6:31 PM

@Dreamer

All newbies are like that at first. x3

Deleted • 13 August 2011 at 6:32 PM

@Dreamer NO EMOTIONS!!!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!?!?!?!?!?! D: D: D: D: ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ My COMMENTS ARE ALL ABOUT PUNCTUATION AND EMOTION!!! 😱

dragonstorm78 • 13 August 2011 at 6:32 PM

OH MY GOSH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'm a fellow grammar freak, and simply cannot stand when people mess this up.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
(By the way, add in sections about to/too/two, your/you're, and their/there, okay? Thanks~)

dreamer • 13 August 2011 at 6:33 PM

@Dawnfur Exactly!!!!!!! 😱 Can you imagine me without putting emoticons? XP I mean, I don't put any when I'm being serious, but other than that.... xD

@Crooton1 Ehh, good point. XP

crooton1 • 13 August 2011 at 6:34 PM

@Dragonstorm78

I'm too lazy to type that. Do you want too? 😋

dragonstorm78 • 13 August 2011 at 6:41 PM

@crooton1 Okay. ^^ Here they are:

(credit to @dragonstorm78 for these two!)
Many people also mess up to/too. "To" usually becomes before an action.

Example: To jump over something.

Too is usually used in conversation, like this:

Example: "I want to go, too!"

A way to incorrectly use these two words are down here.

Example: "I want to go, to!"

Example: Too jump over something.

~

"Your" and "You're" are also two words commonly messed up. "Your" is used as a possessive, like this:

Example: "Your shoe is untied," Bob said.

"You're", on the other hand, is a contraction that stands for "you are". Here is an INCORRECT way to use "You're".

Example: "You're shoe is untied," Bob said.

This would mean "You are shoe is untied." That doesn't make any sense, now, does it? Here is a correct way to use "You're".

Example: You're a nice person.

And now, for an incorrect way to use "Your":

Example: Your a nice person.

Deleted • 13 August 2011 at 6:43 PM

@Dreamer Don't make me think of it ! 😱

thursdays_dove • 14 August 2011 at 12:25 AM

@crooton1 -

How about the different between "then" and "than", and "effect" and "affect"!

PS: I know the answer, but since it's your topic, you should educate us 😉

Deleted • 14 August 2011 at 12:27 AM

Your and You're. THAT KILLS ME.
"Your not supposed to do that."
"You're dog is so cute!"
*bazooka*
RAA!
It's, "You're not" and "Your dog"
@crooton1

Deleted • 14 August 2011 at 12:28 AM

I don't really think this is Nessasary. Isnt this what school is. It hasn't even started, and not everyone has to know perfect English. Like what Taffy789 said, English is the most complicated language.

crooton1 • 14 August 2011 at 12:29 AM

@Thurdays_dove

"Then" is used when you want to continue the sentence, instead of ending in a period.

Without then;
He jumped over the fence. He did a dance.
With then;
"He jumped over the fance and then did a dance."
( We take out 'he' because we've already said that it was him)

"Than" is used to compare 2 or more things.

"I like that egg, rather than that egg."

"Effect" is an effect, such as;
"That doesn't affect the metal."

I'm not sure about Affect. XD

Deleted • 14 August 2011 at 12:31 AM

@chloekins It's just a topic so people understand whats right and wrong in the English grammah book. -.-

Deleted • 14 August 2011 at 12:32 AM

@Pwuffy

But seriously? This is the internet, as long as you say something understandable it is fine.