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| Jul 4th, 2003 03:48 PM | ||
| FS | Ima correctly spell YOUR FACE | |
| Jul 4th, 2003 01:39 PM | ||
| Anonymous | you're a homonym | |
| Jul 4th, 2003 07:29 AM | ||
| executioneer |
Homographs are words spelled alike but with different meanings and usually with different pronunciations (lead, v. [LEED], meaning “to conduct,” and lead, n. [LED], the name of the metal). Homophones are words pronounced alike but different in spelling and meaning (to, two, and too). Homonyms, a more general term, are words spelled or pronounced alike but having different meanings: soar and sore are one sort of homonym; gore, meaning “the tapered piece of cloth in a skirt,” and gore, meaning “blood,” are examples of another sort. Bow, v., “to bend at the waist,” and bow, n., “the front end of a boat,” are homonyms, and some would add the differently pronounced bow, meaning variously “the weapon for shooting arrows,” “the decorative knot used in hair ribbons and bow ties,” “the long, slender rod strung with horsehairs used to play stringed instruments.” http://www.bartleby.com/68/21/3021.html -willie |
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| Jul 4th, 2003 07:21 AM | ||
| FS | I don't think those are homonyms. Homonyms are when a word has various possible meanings, but not when it's spelled differently. | |
| Jul 3rd, 2003 10:25 PM | ||
| jin |
"Looser" instead of "Loser" - is this some sort of gay inside joke???  AEHaHEhaEH |
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| Jul 3rd, 2003 10:22 PM | ||
| AChimp |
Honk if you love homonyms.  :honk |
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| Jul 3rd, 2003 07:53 PM | ||
| ziggytrix |
it's or its there, their, or they're caret or carrot accept or except affect or effect forth or fourth to, too, or two homonyms make me angry.
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| Jul 3rd, 2003 04:27 PM | ||
| FS |
Ahhh. It's all clear again, thanks all. A lot of people mix up "their" and "they're" too, though that's also often just a slip-up. I once saw someone spell "ludicrous" in a Newgrounds review as "Ludacris" 
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| Jul 3rd, 2003 10:35 AM | ||
| MrAdventure |
It's always a great day for me when a person posts, "dood its spelled 'digimon' ur grammer is awful go back to shcool," with true sincerity. Way to show Pikaznchu130490, guy, way to show him. |
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| Jul 3rd, 2003 10:31 AM | ||
| AChimp |
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)For example, I had more than one cat, I could steals the cats' ball, assuming the ball belonged to all the cats. If there was just one cat, I could steal the cat's ball. It's Max's rather than Max' because there is just one Max. A common error is to assume that the S at the end of a proper noun implied plurality. The plural possesive form would be Johnsons' only if the last name was Johnson... It's kinda hard to explain, so I will try to make up a few sentences for examples. (Last name is Johnson) The Johnsons have a nice car. I got a ride in the Johnsons' car. (In this case, Johnsons' refers to the whole family) I got a ride in Johnson's car. (Only one guy named Johnson). (Last name is Johnsons) The Johnsonses have a nice car. (Ooooh... plural!) I got a ride in the Johnsons's car. |
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| Jul 3rd, 2003 09:18 AM | ||
| Mockery |
The error on the web that I see more than anything is people who use "your" instead of "you're". They just don't understand the difference. example: "Dude! Your such a loser!" *sigh* |
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| Jul 3rd, 2003 08:04 AM | ||
| pjalne | I think you should stick to just an apostrophe if there's a plural s at the end of a word. If the word ends in an s to begin with and it's in singular mode, there's supposed to be a genitive s at the end. I think. It's been a few years since I had English at school. | |
| Jul 3rd, 2003 07:54 AM | ||
| FS |
"accidently" (which should be "accidentally") was a long-time pet peeve of mine. I also used to question whether it was "definetly" or "definately", which is how I often saw it spelled on the Internet. Then someone pointed out to me that it was neither. One thing that has failed to stick by me from my English classes is certain possessive terms. I keep forgetting whether or not, and when, I can use an apostrophe without an "s". Is it Max' or Max's? The Johnsons' or the Johnsons's? It's an entirely different way of flying! Altogether! |
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| Jul 3rd, 2003 12:18 AM | ||
| ScruU2wice | wow even im no a bigg enuff of a dumbass to fall for that, and i cant type | |
| Jul 3rd, 2003 12:05 AM | ||
| kahljorn | "press alt-f4 and you can get admin priveledges" | |
| Jul 2nd, 2003 11:38 PM | ||
| CaptainBubba |
For all intents and purposes? That is sooo ghey. 
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| Jul 2nd, 2003 09:39 PM | ||
| Protoclown |
Common Errors in English This website is very interesting to me, and I figure VinceZeb could benefit from it more than anyone. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/erro...rs.html#errors I found it when I saw someone here say "for all intensive purposes", which I've always thought was supposed to be "for all intents and purposes". So I did a web search, found out I was correct, and discovered this website in the bargain. That paragraph reminds me that another pet peeve of mine is when people say "suppose to" or "use to" instead of "supposed to" or "used to". Another one that bothers me is "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less". Some of these are interesting, and I never knew about before. For example, "all goes well" is supposed to be "augers well". And "you've got another thing coming" is actually supposed to be "you've got another think coming"! Who knew? "Fit the bill" is also more correctly "fill the bill". This is pretty damned interesting. |
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