Their
adj. The possessive form of they.
1. Used as a modifier before a noun: their accomplishments; their home town.
2. Usage Problem. His, her, or its

There
adv.
1. At or in that place: sit over there.
2. To, into, or toward that place: wouldn't go there again.
3. At that stage, moment, or point: Stop there before you make any more mistakes.
4. In that matter: I can't agree with him there.

pron.
1. Used to introduce a clause or sentence: There are numerous items. There must be another exit.
2. Used to indicate an unspecified person in direct address: Hello there.

adj.
1. Used especially for emphasis after the demonstrative pronoun that or those, or after a noun modified by the demonstrative adjective that or those: That person there ought to know the directions to town.
2. Nonstandard. Used for emphasis between a demonstrative adjective meaning “that” or “those” and a noun: No one is sitting at that there table. Them there beans ought to be picked.

n.
That place or point: stopped and went on from there.

interj.
Used to express feelings such as relief, satisfaction, sympathy, or anger: There, now I can have some peace!

They're
Contraction of they are.

They're you go LD, show them how to fix there grammar

Pride, power and perfection...

Their u go! They're has been many grammar blunders lately. So, I was hoping to help them fix there mistakes in the future.

LD,

That ranks right up their with our hour long taxi practice!

Thanks for all the help, now instead of having 96 % on the test I can have 100 %

I'm Dutch, is that an excuse?

Freaky deaky Dutch eh! "Faaarscha, his faarscha, you know.... his daddy".

Frazer wrote:I'm Dutch, is that an excuse?

Damn LD beat me to it.

"I am from Holland, ish'int dat veird?"

Love you guys too

LOL! WTH does that mean, but I might have a clue.

Frazer wrote:Love you guys too

It's gooooood, it's all goooooood! "Oooooo, Dis is a keeper"...

Goldmember ring a bell SilverOne?

It’s been a while since the last ridiculous grammar post, but I figured I’d give this thread a major bump (4+ years) since some posts just makes my eyes bleed (most often found in conjunction with topics concerning another popular flightsim in the community, not necessarily in these forums). Feel free to add your own grammar faux pas, pet peeves or just laugh at my OCD...


their vs. there vs. they’re

your vs. you’re

must have (not must of, there is no such thing)

it’s (short for it is) vs. its

I (not i – I is always capitalized)

then vs. than

of course (not ofcourse)

at least (not atleast)

a lot (not alot)

apart vs. a part

Use of apostrophes (don’t, haven’t, won’t, isn’t, can’t etc.), but also:

solos vs. solo’s vs. solos’

People who don’t use caps to begin new sentences - (you should).
People who incorrectly use caps after each comma - (don’t).
People who don’t use space bar after a comma or period - (you should).
People who don’t use caps for names - (you should).
People who randomly capitalize words (but not names) in the middle of sentences - (don't).


I'm sure I have more, but those are the first ones that come to mind. Writing proper English seems to become more of fleeting thing with younger generations... and it's just bad. Now, if you know your grammar well enough and choose to use net slang, that's another story - but many people are just oblivious.

Affect vs. effect

affect: is the cause of something.

effect is the result of something else.

No dictionary terms, just my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong.


Btw: I should get a free pass for my grammar faupars because I use an iPod touch, those damn keys are so close together.

Close, but your definition of affect is a little misleading. It should be to have influence on something (or something to that affect )... Effect is (effectively) all about the results though.

Affect vs. effect

Lawndart wrote:Freaky deaky Dutch eh! "Faaarscha, his faarscha, you know.... his daddy".

Bahaha