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Aktually, apart from taking the piss (wych is allways gud fun, bekus peeple git so defencive four know appartent rezon) grammer and spelling does NOT bovver me. i would much rather people tried. It's the message that ius importent, not the presentation.

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and it is Afrikaans if you are Afrikaans and Africaans if you are English..... or Africaanz if you are American:P



Good one! :D
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I admit, the your/you're thing royally bugs me.

I have acquaintances who have master's degrees and are very successful, yet--right-or-wrong--I can not help but think less of their intelligence when I receive emails from them incorrectly using "your" in place of "you're" all the time.

You know some of those same people forward me emails they could have easily checked themselves on Snopes and will add a comment like "I cannot believe this shit!".

It is such an enigma to me.

Maybe they're too busy texting to break from whatever and check their facts. :P



I have to admit... the 'your' 'you're' thing gets to me too. I hear the incorrect use on television as well as seeing it in print. I guess, our schools are too busy testing kids rather than being able to 'teach' them.


Chuck

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I have to admit... the 'your' 'you're' thing gets to me too. I hear the incorrect use on television . . .



"Your" and "you're" are homophones (words that are spelled differently but sound alike). How can you hear a difference?:S
For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.

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I have to admit... the 'your' 'you're' thing gets to me too. I hear the incorrect use on television . . .



"Your" and "you're" are homophones (words that are spelled differently but sound alike). How can you hear a difference?:S


They are pronounced differently. I'll try to eplain... Your is pronounced like 'Yor' as in 'your belongings.' You're pronounced 'yoo-r' is a contraction for 'you-are' as in you're asking a question or you're welcome. Hope that helps.


Chuck

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