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How about a "sticky"?

Many people are so spooked by apostrophes that a word like “they’re” seems to them as if it might mean almost anything. In fact, it’s always a contraction of “they are.” If you’ve written “they’re,” ask yourself whether you can substitute “they are.” If not, you’ve made a mistake. “Their” is a possessive pronoun like “her” or “our” “They eat their hotdogs with sauerkraut.”

Everything else is “there.” “There goes the ball, out of the park! See it? Right there! There aren’t very many home runs like that.” “Thier” is a common misspelling, but you can avoid it by remembering that “they” and “their” begin with the same three letters. Another hint: “there” has “here” buried inside it to remind you it refers to place, while “their” has “heir” buried in it to remind you that it has to do with possession.

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“You’re” is always a contraction of “you are.” If you’ve written “you’re,” try substituting “you are.” If it doesn’t work, the word you want is “your.” Your writing will improve if you’re careful about this.

If someone thanks you, write back “you’re welcome” for “you are welcome.”

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors

You're way out of line with that they're suggestion!!! Kids should read books, and you can't teach old dogs new tricks..............after all most of us we're just or still are hockey players!

Rediculous. We're taken to many shots to the head we've not gonna change now.

Even though, I was a girl, I'm was only allowed to play pond hockey, I don't use helmets.

Oh, this is going to be fun.

I could probably go off for hours, but I don't have time to do that. So I'll tackle another one of the worst grammatical errors: it's vs. its.

The contraction "it's" is short for "it is." If your "it's" functions as a verb, then it's an "it's." If not, then it's an "its." Example: "It's ridiculous how many people don't know the difference between it's and its."

The other "its" serves as a possessive pronoun. As it is by its nature possessive, it does not need an apostrophe to show possession; that would be redundant. Example: "That poster's grammar is so bad that it needs to go back to first grade to improve its writing."

karl(east) wrote:Oh, this is going to be fun.

I could probably go off for hours, but I don't have time to do that. So I'll tackle another one of the worst grammatical errors: it's vs. its.

The contraction "it's" is short for "it is." If your "it's" functions as a verb, then it's an "it's." If not, then it's an "its." Example: "It's ridiculous how many people don't know the difference between it's and its."

The other "its" serves as a possessive pronoun. As it is by its nature possessive, it does not need an apostrophe to show possession; that would be redundant. Example: "That poster's grammar is so bad that it needs to go back to first grade to improve its writing."

1365 posts?! You've got time! Thanks for the input. I really don't think there's anything redikulus about this suggestion at all!

Sticky the link. It covers them all. We need literate hockey parents to dismiss the stereotypes!

who ever made this up is stupid its a hockey site i think we go to school enough

cooper26, you may want to go hide after a posting like that.

Where is Bluesbuddy when he is needed most

hawks2001 wrote:who ever made this up is stupid its a hockey site i think we go to school enough

Apparently not, since you just proved his point. "It is - or it's - is the correct usage, stupid.