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Good *insert time of day here* , I'm OmgIisonfiyah and I will be covering the finer points of Grammar and Whatnot. If you don't plan on paying attention to this, fine, if you do pay attention, that's great.
Lesson One: Learning the difference between words that sound the same.
This part is for those of you who have trouble with words like You're, Your, There, They're, Their, To, Two and Too. I'll be breaking them down for you.
Difference
As you know, the words You're and Your sound the same, but have different meanings. This is because the English language is like Frankenstein's Monster (made up of different parts assembled in a grotesque manner) The first example is You're and Your.
You use You're when you want to say You Are ("YOU'RE an alien!" or "YOU'RE Weird.") and you use Your when you refer to someone having possession of something. ("I like YOUR shoes." or "Where is YOUR cat?")
Easy enough for you? You don't have a headache from Hell yet? Good. Now we move on.
There, They're and Their
More people get this wrong than you know. So here's a breakdown.
1. There - When you want to indicate the position of something. "Over THERE"
2. They're - A compound word for THEY ARE, used the same way as YOU'RE. "THEY'RE at the park."
3. Their - The same case with YOUR, referring to the possession of more than one person or thing. "THEIR house is very nice."
How about that, make enough sense? Moving on.
Two be, or not Too be...
We're moving on now. Like the last bit, I'll break down Two, To and Too.
1. Two - Number 2 (enough said)
2. To - Usable at both the beginning and end of a sentence. It's like Sentence Glue or something. "Time TO go." "TO go shopping" "I really don't want TO."
2a. The thing to remember about To is that it is a vague term, YOU'RE going to want to elaborate more on what's going on if you use it at the beginning or end of a sentence. To is also a preposition and therefore, unless there's sufficient background information, it would be improper English to use it in the ways described. Thanks to Meareign for pointing this out.
3. Too - You use this word to express either agreement or excess. "I feel that way TOO." or "I ate TOO many pickles."
If you have any questions at all, feel free to either PM me, or quote me in this thread. If this has helped you out in any way, then that means I did a passable job.
Lesson One: Learning the difference between words that sound the same.
This part is for those of you who have trouble with words like You're, Your, There, They're, Their, To, Two and Too. I'll be breaking them down for you.
Difference
As you know, the words You're and Your sound the same, but have different meanings. This is because the English language is like Frankenstein's Monster (made up of different parts assembled in a grotesque manner) The first example is You're and Your.
You use You're when you want to say You Are ("YOU'RE an alien!" or "YOU'RE Weird.") and you use Your when you refer to someone having possession of something. ("I like YOUR shoes." or "Where is YOUR cat?")
Easy enough for you? You don't have a headache from Hell yet? Good. Now we move on.
There, They're and Their
More people get this wrong than you know. So here's a breakdown.
1. There - When you want to indicate the position of something. "Over THERE"
2. They're - A compound word for THEY ARE, used the same way as YOU'RE. "THEY'RE at the park."
3. Their - The same case with YOUR, referring to the possession of more than one person or thing. "THEIR house is very nice."
How about that, make enough sense? Moving on.
Two be, or not Too be...
We're moving on now. Like the last bit, I'll break down Two, To and Too.
1. Two - Number 2 (enough said)
2. To - Usable at both the beginning and end of a sentence. It's like Sentence Glue or something. "Time TO go." "TO go shopping" "I really don't want TO."
2a. The thing to remember about To is that it is a vague term, YOU'RE going to want to elaborate more on what's going on if you use it at the beginning or end of a sentence. To is also a preposition and therefore, unless there's sufficient background information, it would be improper English to use it in the ways described. Thanks to Meareign for pointing this out.
3. Too - You use this word to express either agreement or excess. "I feel that way TOO." or "I ate TOO many pickles."
If you have any questions at all, feel free to either PM me, or quote me in this thread. If this has helped you out in any way, then that means I did a passable job.
