To all you spelling Nazi's out there.....

[Buildozer]

^ Nah, man, contractions totally do make sense. It's just shortening. Perfectly fine to use in everyday language.

I never realized that "it's" could mean "it is" and "it has".. I get it though.. I just can't recall ever seeing "it has" spelled that way..

 

[RUDE BOY]

Hey @Buildozer, It's been a real eye opening thread it has.

 

[Tweek]

I herd of this cool thread so i thought I would check it out lwiener sure has alot of time on his hands. Thier must be some way we can help this old fart alleviate his boredom poor chap.

 

[djonkoman]

I never realized that "it's" could mean "it is" and "it has".. I get it though.. I just can't recall ever seeing "it has" spelled that way..

although I don't remember english class that well(I learned most of my english from tv and internet/games, not at school, it was one of those classes where I never had to pay attention), but I seem to remember being told in class that 's could mean is or has. at first we always had to write it out, only later on were we allowed to use contractions.

funny though that those contractions are so common in english, in dutch we only have the possesive 's, and, rarely used, 't for het(it)(wich is usually used on it's own, not contracted). in frisian we do contract the you-form (you have=do hast=hasto), but none of the other forms

 

[lwien]

I herd of this cool thread so i thought I would check it out lwiener sure has alot of time on his hands. Thier must be some way we can help this old fart alleviate his boredom poor chap.

"Herd" ? "Thier".

Aufmerksamkeit !! Aufmerksamkeit !! Spelling Nazi's of the World......................UNITE !! Vee must stamp out schweinehund's such as this.

Herd?? Thier? Old fart? Poor chap? lwiener ??? (Caressing holstered Luger.....)

 

[mrboote]

I find it funny when people try and write out expressions they've heard used, but have misunderstood.

"that doesn't jive"
"guard your loins"
"to air is human"

 

[mrboote]

"test your metal"
"that guy snobbed me"

 

[MindFork]

Check out "Jack's Films" on youtube and his "Your Grammar Sucks" series. Good stuff.

 

[syrupy]

Am I the only one who noticed that "Nazi's" should be "Nazis"? Figured it was a test of some sort.