Please learn to use apostrophes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think anyone has clearly stated that the possessive form of "it" is "its." It's an exception to the general rule that you use an apostrophe to show possession. The reason it is an exception is because "it's" ALWAYS means "it is." Therefore, you'd say "The dog buried its bone. It's under the daisies." Get it? Of course, you don't have to care about this little rule. Unfortunately, though, many of us out here in cyberland (and perhaps those receiving your e-mails at work) will think you're a simpleton.

It is daring to call other people simpletons for grammar mistakes while writing the sentence "The reason... is because..."

[Anonymous]

grammar be important fo sho

[Anonymous]

This is awesome - http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe

[Anonymous]

These are funny too:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

[Anonymous]

Learn not to sweat the small stuff.

[Anonymous]

I think you meant to write "Please learn HOW to use apostrophes." Plenty of people use them though many seem to use them incorrectly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm so tired of the grammar police on this site. Most of us are in a hurry and don't really care since it's anonymous.

I'd rather have anonymous grammar police pointing out my mistakes instead of someone I know seeing my incorrect grammar usage and thinking I'm a dumbass. A co-worker once asked me to proofread some paper she was turning in for a graduate-level class. She used "thru" instead of "through" about 15 times in the (formal) paper. I pointed this out to her and she said, "Oh, really? Well when would you use 'thru'?"

[Anonymous]

Thru is listed in some dictionaries.

[Anonymous]

urbandictionary.com doesn't count.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll never forget DH sending me an email when we were arguing about something and he wrote "your an idiot." Man, I wish I printed that out and saved it. Priceless.

hehe. that is priceless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is a pet peeve of mine. And when people don't know the difference between "its" and "it's".

Someone complaining about grammar yet they cannot construct a sentence properly. How ironic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My pet peeve is confusing "lose" and "loose." You don't loose weight!

But you can have loose weight, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thru is listed in some dictionaries.

So is "ain't", but I'm not going to use it in an academic setting or an e-mail to colleagues!

[Anonymous]

I'm confused in this matter too... When do we use comma?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused in this matter too... When do we use comma?

I'd work on using articles first.