Grammar Cop: "it's, its"

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changoviejo

I kant get 'round that speling of consonant.

BobbyChesspickles
Consonant
Pulpofeira

"Cop", damn, I was physically attacked by my English theacher for using such a word once.

BobbyChesspickles
teacher
Pulpofeira

That was a typo, hopefully it wouldn't involve physical violence.

lofina_eidel_ismail
KantWasWrong wrote:
batgirl wrote:

What about 'tis?

Archaic but acceptable. 'Tis a contraction of "it is."

i always thought "'tis" was "this"

interesting thread.......

StairwayToTruth
wanmokewan wrote:

First: but*.  Butt is the rear end of something.

Second: A word starting with Y is a consenant sound, thus "a" is appropriate.

First: I'm disappointed that this is the only mistake you found in my question. It hurt me to write it as I did, so please try again.

Second: Consonant*

KantWasWrong
lofina_eidel_ismail wrote:
KantWasWrong wrote:
batgirl wrote:

What about 'tis?

Archaic but acceptable. 'Tis a contraction of "it is."

i always thought "'tis" was "this"

interesting thread.......

Think of "'tis (it is) the season to be jolly..."

StairwayToTruth
KantKanBeWrong wrote:
lofina_eidel_ismail wrote:
KantBeWrong wrote:
batgirl wrote:

What about 'tis?

Archaic but acceptable. 'Tis a contraction of "it is."

i always thought "'tis" was "this"

interesting thread.......

Think of "'tis (it is) the season to be jolly..."

 

Babytigrrr

Grammar!!

Men write... Woman, without her man, is nothing.

Women write... Woman! Without her, man is nothing.

StairwayToTruth

Woman, without! Her; man "i,s noth.in?g

whatadisaster

Double negatives are a real no-no.

whatadisaster

I am not unfamiliar with the word litotes.

Babytigrrr
whatadisaster wrote:

Double negatives are a real no-no.

 

I see what you did t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶'̶r̶e̶,̶ ̶ there.

StairwayToTruth
Babyligrr wrote:
whatabrilliantwordplay wrote:

Double negatives are a real no-no.

 

I see what you did t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶'̶r̶e̶,̶ ̶ there.

I didn't see it until you said that. Nice one.

TheAuthority

Babytigrrr wrote:

I must admit, I am a sucker for good grammar.

 

My unsolicited grammar tip of the day: 'who' is for people and 'that' is for things...  eg. I have a friend who is cool and a dog that is clever.

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I contend a dog is also a "who". I have a pen that is not clever.

Fun thread, thanks Kan.

ANOK1

whotcha doin to the queens lingo talk proper like wot i do pleez

KantWasWrong

Your welcome. There will be more in the future. I've tons of them!

ANOK1

taint right all this fangling around chuff it im off the pub

MarcoBR444

Out in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher.

While the catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the balls.

Whether the temperature's up or whether the temperature's down, the nature watcher, the catcher and the pitcher are always around.

The pitcher pitches, the catcher catches and the watcher watches.

So whether the temperature's rises or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher just watches the catcher who's watching the pitcher who's watching the balls.