Common Grammatical Mistakes: Unraveled! (OR: A Short Grammar Lesson With Kim)

Okay...I love BP.net, but some grammatical mistakes I see here (and I've seen elsewhere) that are SO common bug me a lot, so I thought I would shed some light on the confusion ;) It's like a rant--but productive!

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The difference between "sight" and "site"

Sight-- as in seeing. ("It was a beautiful sight!", "You're a sight for sore eyes.", "Get out of my sight!")
Site-- as in a place. ("Welcome to BP.net--it's a great site!", "Have you been to the new construction site yet?")

Together?: "You know? This site is one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen."

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The differences between "their", "there" and "they're"

Their-- as in belonging to them. ("Their BP is SO amazing.", "I'll never have their stamina.")
There-- as in a place. ("Hey, what's over there?", "I've never been there.")
They're-- as in "They are". ("They're SUCH sweet people!", "They're coming to the party later.")

Together?: "They're going to be there with their daughter."

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The differences between "two", "too" and "to"

Two-- as in the number. ("You got two pairs of shoes for your birthday?", "It couldn't possibly have been more than two.")
Too-- as in also. ("You can come, too!", "Is he going to be there, too?")
To-- used in front of a verb: to be, to go, to do, to think, to feel, etc. ("I'm going to go to the grocery store.", "Are you going to be a jerk about it?")

Together?: "I think the two of them are going to the party, too."

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ALL together?: "When they caught sight of this site, they were so excited. They're going to bring their two friends with them and the friends are bringing friends, too!" <----Okay, so it's not the best sentence in the world, but it incorporated all of them.

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This has been a short grammar lesson with Kim ;)

I love you!

Kim Possible... Grammar COP! :rockon: :bow:

P.S. You forgot the Your - You're. :P

with her red pen! armed and dangerous!!! :bow:

You make this sight exciting. Their is so much you offer with you're silly babble, hot avatar, nice pastel pics...it's all two much sometimes for a simple guy like me :nerd:

thank you!! i was getting tired of seeing these same mistakes.

:worship:

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Originally Posted by cueball

You make this sight exciting. Their is so much you offer with you're silly babble, hot avatar, nice pastel pics...it's all two much sometimes for a simple guy like me :nerd:

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I loves ya, Cue. But-----> :banned1:

suddenly i'm reminded of elementary school...

I cant spel... or use punctuation! or make a paragraph. But i can do math and breed some snakes!

Oh ya i also love too fish!

:D

Bless you Kim! The Sight/Site was driving me NUTS I tell 'ya! :D

I can't spell the word wierd or is it weird or wierd or...arrrrgh...anyways I cannot for some reason spell this particular word consistently and correctly. It's some sort of brain damage or something as I'm normally quite a good speller with a fairly extensive vocabulary. This one word makes me NUTSO!

Oh I've wanted to do that for a long time.. I've been called the spelling/grammar nazi before. lol

good thread. i vote sticky... :rockon:

Kim thats grate that you felt the kneed to point all this out too us. However I feel that the grammer used hear on out sight is grate. I'm glade too sea so many people with such a mastery of English. Good going girl and keep up the good work...:D

Just one question... How do I ad an add for my bald python? ;)

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Just one question... How do I ad an add for my bald python? ;)

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Oh I love Bald Pythons and the Piebald ones are the best... LOL :P

OMG you forgot the worst one though. SEEN!!

It's not "I seen that."
If you want to use 'seen' it would be, "Yes I have seen that." or "Have you seen my ball python?"

Sorry but that one just drives me insane...

LOL. I cringe when I see the sight/site.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I can't spell the word wierd or is it weird or wierd or...arrrrgh...anyways I cannot for some reason spell this particular word consistently and correctly. It's some sort of brain damage or something as I'm normally quite a good speller with a fairly extensive vocabulary. This one word makes me NUTSO!

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It's "weird". I think why that particular word confuses people is because of the "i before e except after c" mantra that they drilled into your brain in elementary school. There are a few exceptions to the rule, "weird" being one of them.

I think everyone has that ONE word that just drives them crazy. I have some words that I miss-spell almost EVERY time I write them. Spell check and dictionary.com are my best friends when I'm writing papers or posting things on the internet. :)

Thanks Kim, my eight yrs son and I just went over the there/their/they're thing last night. He stated and soundly " if we spelled them all the same, we wouldn't have to think about it so hard". Whatta ya goin to do! :rolleye2:

Stangs should look at this. His threads are too mind numbing to read sometimes.

Rumor has it I was scene playing D&D with you. Weather or not this is true will never be known. What a site that would be though right?? Their are only too people that could have scene this...write Kim??

You might like this.......
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ce/grammar.jpg

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Originally Posted by cueball

Rumor has it I was scene playing D&D with you. Weather or not this is true will never be known. What a site that would be though right?? Their are only too people that could have scene this...write Kim??

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Hey, I thought I told you: :banned1:

PS~ I would Nat. 20 you into oblivion, Cue. :blowkiss:

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Originally Posted by AzureN1ght

PS~ I would Nat. 20 you into oblivion, Cue. :blowkiss:

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Bringith it Kimpossible :nerd:

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Originally Posted by cueball

Bringith it Kimpossible :nerd:

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Consider it brought :P

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...ht/d20cue3.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/d-20cue4.jpg

Sweet...20 20...like my vision :cool:


http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...python/azl.jpg

Kim,


My grandfather was a language professor at differnt universities - taught English, French and Spanish and prided himself on perfect diction, he was insulted if he visited France or Spain and they could detect an American accent. He was a true lover of language and proper grammar.

One thing that I could never "get" was when to use lay and lie. He lay down, or lied down? The snake will lay or lie cool? Can you help (I'm serious - it still drives me nuts trying to remember what Poe (my grandfather) told me! LOL)

Y'know, Robin--I wasn't 100% sure on this question. It's one of those tricky English language things! I Googled it, and found a pdf file with a really good explanantion on the difference between the two.

I attempted to summarize, and did a really bad job of it. So, I'll just link you!

http://www.chompchomp.com/handouts/irregularrules02.pdf

Thanks for asking about it--it was really good information for me to know more about, too.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Kim,


My grandfather was a language professor at differnt universities - taught English, French and Spanish and prided himself on perfect diction, he was insulted if he visited France or Spain and they could detect an American accent. He was a true lover of language and proper grammar.

One thing that I could never "get" was when to use lay and lie. He lay down, or lied down? The snake will lay or lie cool? Can you help (I'm serious - it still drives me nuts trying to remember what Poe (my grandfather) told me! LOL)

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This topic is all fine and dandy I do so much enjoy the way the english language flows. My problem Is that I am a dyslexic with D&d I mean Add, Is it I before e excpet after see that troll perring around the tree. I see too giants picking up there boulders as My tricked out mind races for a place to hide. Noticing a entrance to a vertical downward slit in the groud, I dash forward realizing it's two far I dive hoping the to incoming boulders miss Me as I roll into the opening. ohh as an Aside hon what is that church I always get confused is it Episcopal or ephiscal can you help me out.