Your/You're
Posted on Thursday, 11th September 2008 @ 7:59pm
Come on people, get it right.
I don't like being pedantic, but this is atrocious.
your = belonging to you.
you're = a shortened version of "you are".
13 July 2008
7 weeks 4 days
I love this subject! Im constantly correcting others!
Behold...Me!
25 May 2008
4 days 21 hours
Thank you
it really isnt difficult...
21 November 2006
3 min 25 sec
I've now got a job correcting others on stuff like this!
Absolute heaven on earth... because I most certainly am a pedant.
The frown of a friend is better than the smile of a fool.
8 August 2006
1 day 3 hours
Heres another one that bothers me:
when writing letters..
if addressing the person by name i.e. Dear Mr. Smith, end with yours SINCERELY,
if you do not know the name of the recipient i.e. Dear Sir/Madam, end with yours FAITHFULLY
So:
Dear name of person = yours sincerely
Sir/Madam = yours faithfully
I work in the legal field, and am AMAZED at the poor spelling and grammar used by other professionals
Im the first to admit that my English skills need improvment, but considering legal writing is a large part of what they're doing as a living, it takes the biscuit!
May Allah shine sweet faith upon you this day and times beyond. May your heart be enriched with peace, and may your home be blessed always. Ameen.
21 November 2006
3 min 25 sec
...And how about when people right "If I'd known, I would of done it differently," or "I could of been famous" or whatever.
Its "would have done it differently,"
"Could have been famous"
Its because when you talk you shorten it to "would've" or "could've", and you don't notice the pronunciation. But when you write it you still have to use the correct word!
Especially GCSE and A-Level students, take heed of this valuable information!
The frown of a friend is better than the smile of a fool.
24 June 2005
4 sec
hmmmm
nosce te ipsum
31 March 2008
1 hour 6 min
I'm sorry Amal, my dad doesn't listen to me! even though he makes me type all his letters up, he won't let me change what he dictates!
25 June 2005
6 hours 20 min
Salam
Master, Isn't you wonderful.
Omrow
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25 June 2005
6 hours 20 min
Salam
You. Youre brilliant for your our you topic.
I want to thank you you for your yourness.
Its ingenious of you you.
Your youness make me think youre the real you.
I agree when you said that in all your sayings you should get
your yous and your youres right. You were making your youres ours yours.
You. You are our you.
Omrow
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2 August 2007
8 hours 42 min
Time was you could get points for that sort of post.
Still, thank you because you're spot on. I hadn't been aware of the formality and I made use of it today.
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.
James Thurber
24 June 2005
33 sec
I am sure people took it aboard... I did, however I tend to more or less make whatever ending up. Yours {whatever}ly.
Then there is the question of formal emails...
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
21 November 2006
3 min 25 sec
Don't think anyone has invented the rules for this yet.
The frown of a friend is better than the smile of a fool.
29 June 2005
10 weeks 1 day
I don't like writing Dear or yours,i just want to get to the point but people don't like that. i don't like it when people even teachers constantly say 'I learned her'. I feel really bad correcting them so i've stopped doing it, except my husband, I correct him all the time. I wonder if i'll go to hell for that - those woomen with humps on their head and whips?
25 June 2005
6 hours 20 min
You will if you annoy him.
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19 August 2007
8 weeks 2 days
What context is the "I learnt her" I don't know when anyone would say that.
I doubt corrrecting your husband's English will get you into Hell, but it's best not to overdo it with anyone.
Chin up, mate! Life's too short.
8 August 2006
1 day 3 hours
Neither do I, but from what ive noticed, the usual netiquette is to say: kind/best regards, regards or sincerely/most sincerely.. As long as no-one uses "yours truly"
Some others that come to mind on the subject of letters:
cc = carbon copy (when you send a copy of the letter to someone else)
enc. or encs. = enclosure (when you include other document(s) with your letter)
ref. or re. = reference (reference referred to in the letter)
pp or per pro. = per procuration(em) (when permissibly signing on behalf of someone else)
ps = post script (when you want to add something at the end of a letter once you've completed and ended it)
May Allah shine sweet faith upon you this day and times beyond. May your heart be enriched with peace, and may your home be blessed always. Ameen.
8 August 2006
1 day 3 hours
Ive always wondered what that hadith meant lol Is the hump referring to the hair, or just metaphoric for something else?
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May Allah shine sweet faith upon you this day and times beyond. May your heart be enriched with peace, and may your home be blessed always. Ameen.
24 June 2005
4 sec
horns probably
nosce te ipsum
13 July 2008
7 weeks 4 days
ive thought that meant the hair bun is so high above the head that it resembles a camels hump.
Behold...Me!
24 June 2005
4 sec
no no... im pretty sure they're supposed to be she-devils.
nosce te ipsum
13 July 2008
7 weeks 4 days
can devils not be shes anyways?
Behold...Me!
17 September 2008
14 weeks 2 days
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17 September 2008
14 weeks 2 days
Honestly, I am not an old member under the guise of a new member!
13 July 2008
7 weeks 4 days
You? is that you?
Behold...Me!
25 June 2005
6 hours 20 min
Salam
I think he is putting on weight.
Perhaps he wants to be known as a "Big Boss", in every way.
Omrow
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17 September 2008
14 weeks 2 days
No, You is You.
I am YouShutup. His evil twin brother.
13 July 2008
7 weeks 4 days
really?!
Behold...Me!
31 March 2008
1 hour 6 min
imaginery 'evil twin brother'?
17 September 2008
14 weeks 2 days
It really depends on which one of our imaginations you mean.
31 March 2008
1 hour 6 min
that I don't know!