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time for a little lesson in proper english grammar

Journal Entry: Wed Jan 9, 2013, 4:16 PM
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edit/ you can make fun of this journal all you like and you can be as disapproving as you want but when you apply for college or a job or what-have-you and mistake 'your' and 'you're' you're fucked. :*
also i'm not trying to antagonize anyone, hEY DO WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT IT'S YOUR LIFE, this was written to be a guide to educate you, not to harass you.  if you find it offending for some reason then go and delete this notification and move on with your life.



its vs it's
its = something belonging to someone. ex. take a fox : "Its tail is so bushy."
it's = literally, "it is" ex.  It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

their vs. there
their = belonging to someone ex. Look at their painting!
there = a place other than where you are at ex1. Over there behind the tree is a red balloon. | ex2. There will be times when you will have to make the right choice instead of the easiest choice.  The second example here is weird but used often.  'There' in this case is used to indicate a place in time.

than vs. then
than = used to make comparisons ex. The baseball is smaller than the football. | ex2.  Rather than doing homework, I could be writing a grammar tutorial for people on the internet that are probably older than me!!
then = describes actions during a certain time period ex. And then she socked me because I didn't know such simple grammar!!

(noun)'s vs. (noun)s' vs. (nous)s  (remember that a noun is a person, a place, or a thing)
(noun)'s = Indicates that something belongs to said nounex. Hey, that was my dog's bone! | ex2. Mr. Edwards's house burnt down!
(noun)s' = Exact same as above, but only applied if the name of the noun ends with an S AND IS PLURAL (otherwise if it just end in an s it takes an APOSTROPHE S). ex. The Edwards' house burnt down!
(noun)s or (noun)es = The noun is plural. (there are more than one of the indicated noun) ex. There are so many illiterates on the web it's amazing! | Cats are so cute!

your vs. you're
your = something belonging to who you are speaking to ex. Your dog ran away!
you're = literally 'you are' ex. You're really nice!

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~Psychoticmist Jan 10, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
i'm almost perfect when it comes to grammar, i always remember where an apostrophe should go
but i never remember things like who vs whom because honestly nobody has taken the time to tell me, and really using who as everything has become a more colloquial thing in american english.
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*MeteorCrash Jan 11, 2013  Student Filmographer
omg yeah i agree with you on the who / whom thing no one uses it anymore so you don't really need to bother with it basically
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~bubbleshoot101 Jan 10, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
noun: A person, place, thing, or idea :)

and omg totally with you for the 'grammar tutorial' lesson. Ugh, I'm not that good at speech (I stutter, say 'uhm' 'uh' & 'and') a LOT XD. But when it comes to when people are typing/writing I look at them and ask "Are you serious? WE ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL DAMMIT!"
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~MistiGears Jan 10, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I know this but
i have my moments
where i just forget everything
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:iconfirefrosteh:
xD My sister taught me alllll of this the other year
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:iconmeteorcrash:
*MeteorCrash Jan 10, 2013  Student Filmographer
good for her!!
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:iconrollyjoger:
~Rollyjoger Jan 9, 2013  Student Digital Artist
CRIES
SCREAMS
HUGS YOU AND NEVER LETS YOU GO
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*MeteorCrash Jan 10, 2013  Student Filmographer
THANK ovo
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~Trieheart Jan 9, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
This is awesome
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