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Originally posted by Trexter Ziam
Originally posted by atlasastro
...noun's ... verb's ... The's ... can's ... noun's ... verb's ... noun's ... verb's ... noun's ... verb's
10 errors I can see
Originally posted by CRB86
They are not errors. Apostrophes can be used as contraction markers to indicate where a word or letters is left out.
In all these examples, within the context of the poem, the 's represents IS.
Noun is, Verb is, Can is.
Originally posted by notreallyalive
[See I should have used "incorrectly" here, but no need to be stuffy right?]
All I'm asking for is the most simple basics, so here's a test:
A) Their dog is black.
B) They're on vacation so I'm watching it for them.
C) There in Florida for two weeks!
Which one is wrong?
C; it should be they're which means "they are"
"There in Florida, for two weeks!"
Originally posted by vox2442
Originally posted by notreallyalive
Please understand I considered this when I wrote the thread and purposefully directed this at people educated in America who seem more intelligent and knowledgeable then their grammar indicates.
THAN.
THAN their grammar indicates.
Originally posted by boaby_phet
reply to post by jimmyx
i have to 100% disagree... just because a OP or reply is spelt and punctuated like a paragraph from the oxford dictionary, does not mean it has more credence over a OP or reply that has poor spelling and punctuation.
imo that view can be quite short minded, and blatently SUPPORTING IGNORANCE, as if you cannot see past a misspelt word or poorly punctuated paragraph, you could well be denying fact!
remember , this is ATS .. DENY IGNORANCE!
Originally posted by notreallyalive
Originally posted by alyosha1981
Grammer is not an accurate indicator of intelligence...
I agree.
Originally posted by alyosha1981
Grammer is not an accurate indicator of intelligence, take for example a person who posts from their mobile phone, with all the bumping and jarring there's bound to be some gramatical errors. Or take for example the person who is at work and is rushing a "knee jerk response" and dosen't have time to check sentence structure and spelling.
Originally posted by Orion65
I disagree with "ur" being an acceptable shortcut. In my opinion it decreases the intelligence of the sentence/post.
But I agree that there are a lot of spelling and grammar errors, and I'm sure I've made them myself from time to time.