Maya's School of Literacy.

[Maya Freana]

This is for all those people who can't seem to get grammar differences and such! So here we go! And please, feel free to add your own grammar lessons.

Their - is used when you are talking about someone's possession or something.

Ex: I saw them walk back to their car.

There - To talk about a place not in the immediate vicinity. Or a statement. ((See example for are.))

Ex: The cat is over there.

They're - To use when someone is doing something. An abbreviation of "they are"

Ex: They're outback kicking a soccer ball.


Are - To talk about something. ((Hard to explain!))

Ex: There are kittens everywhere!

Our - To talk about a collect group's possession.

Ex: That's our mom.


I'll be posting more lessons as I see fit.  

[shadow_666]

DYNAMIC ******** ENTRY!
Who is that dashing man bursting into the room?
Why, it's professor Shadow, here to offer his guidance as well!

Do I get to post lessons as well?  

[Maya Freana]

Yes, you may post lessons. The point is for everyone to post their literacy lessons.  

[IlIRoxasIlI]

Lesson One of Roxas's school of Literature:


Twilight isn't Literature!!!

Plurals

Fish-Fish, Fishes
Moose-Moose
Goose-Geese
Box-Boxes
Ox-Oxen
Woman-Women
Man-Men
Girl-Girls
Boy-Boys

((yes I know what you're thinking, We already know these things!!. You may, but I know 8th graders who still get this stuff wrong. And sorry about PWNING twilight to DEATH but I don't like it. Don't take it seriously if you like it, it was just a joke))  

[Maya Freana]

Maya's second lesson! I'm serious, someone did this in an rp once, and I'm pretty sure I almost died of anger.

Us- A plural of a group you are a part of.

Ex: Want to go to the movies with us?

Use- to employ for some purpose; put into service ((Dictionary.com))

Ex: Use that knife to stab the fish.  

[Maya Freana]

Maya's third lesson!



Apostrophes and like sounding words! ((I think it's synonym, but I'm not sure.))



We'll- An abbreviation of "we will"

Ex: We'll go fold the pants.

Will- about or going to do something

Ex: I will kick your a** tomorrow.

Your- Possessive usage of something the individual owns.

Ex: Your eyes are the doorway to your soul.

You're- An abbreviation of "you are"

Ex: You're the stupidest person I've ever met.

I've- An abbreviation of "I have"

Ex: I've decided not to kill you.

It's- Abbreviation of "it is"

Ex: Baby it's cold outside.

Its- Possessive of something not living or unknown.

Ex: My car is messed up. I blew out its tire last night. ((I really did. SCARY))

I'm- Abbreviation of "I am"

Ex: I'm going to kick you in the face.  

[Aakosir]

You know, it's really sad that you have a thread like this, but it is pathetic that people con not spell...


I before E except after C

Some cases are "special"

Weird is an example.

Friend- soooo many people spell it freind  

[Minandreas]

an odd first post... but I saw this and immediately thought of one. Threw. This is a hard one to fully explain, simply because threw is used in a lot of different ways. Look it up online. The list is crazy...

I see the word Threw misused constantly... So here is a brief description that might help?

Through - the act of passing one point, then another.
as in "I went through the tunnel"
To be finished with something
as in "I am through with this game."


Threw - Just about any other time you may be looking to use the phonetic "throo"  

[hasaha]

Who's- is a contraction of either 'who is' or 'who has'.
Ex: "Who's going to eat this?" and "Who's seen my car?"

Whose- is the possessive form of who.
Ex: "Whose half-cream, half-milk, non-fat soy defcaf latte is this?"
(I'm pretty sure I messed something up. So use that for your next lesson.)  

[Snufflufagus]

Past tense and present tense guys; I've seen it around, and even done it myself accidentally, but stick to one tense.

Present:

As he moves towards the window, he begins to notice the light that is shining through

Past:

As he moved towards the window, he began to notice the light that was shining through.

Also, just a small one; I've been corrected on spelling at times, just because of nationality difference. I don't mind; it's an easy to make mistake, but try to take into account the different spellings, or uses of literacy, especially between American English, and British English. ;D  

[GalaxyCommander]

Sentences. Complex, Compound, Simple

Simple:A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.

Simple sentence: They where walking on the beach.

Complex: A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.

Complex sentence: They where walking on the beach when Sally stubbed her toe on a seashell.

Compund: A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma.

Compound sentence: They where walking on the beach, and the seagulls flew in circles above them.