"You're" and "Your"

[sthief09]

does it piss anyone else off that like 95% of everyone can't distinguish between "you're" and "your"

[Tron]

Yes it pisses me off.

[NorCalJosh]

i think your being way to anal retentive.

[Tron]

You're not clever, but making terrible posts is your right.

[bdk3clash]

I think you should buy this t-shirt. (http://www.bustedtees.com/product.php?name=yourretarded)

[[censored]]

ummm, no not really.

[NorCalJosh]

i'm crying inside=(

[sammysusar]

some people just type stuff as fast as possible. they might know the right grammar but they just dont care. i dont see how it really matters

[wacki]

Eh, I've mixed them up before. Not because I don't know the difference, but because I am almost never dedicating 100% of my attention to OOT posts.

Multitasking is a bitch.

[ilya]

Your right, it's pretty annoying.


Seriously? I do think it matters, and it does bother me that so many people make such an elementary mistake so often.

[istewart]

Agreed, good post.

[sthief09]

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Eh, I've mixed them up before. Not because I don't know the difference, but because I am almost never dedicating 100% of my attention to OOT posts.

Multitasking is a bitch.

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no I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about people who genuinely don't realize the word "you're" exists

[rt1]

ur ur ur ur ur ur ur ur ur ur ur

when you use this ur never wrong, even if ur forum buddies say otherwise.

[Bluffoon]

In an informal setting I dont bother with that stuff.

You might be a tad bit anal.

[housenuts]

this gets on my nerves. if i knew the person knew better but was lazy i wouldn't care, but it just incenses me when they don't know better.

also there, their, they're
and to, too - most people at least get two right.

[bholdr]

but then again, i was an english major. there are many littly textual idosyncracies that do that. "its" and "it's" in particular; and the misuse of the semicolon.

but big freaking deal, really.

[Sponger15SB]

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does it piss anyone else off that like 95% of everyone can't distinguish between "you're" and "your"

[/ QUOTE ]

It doesn't piss me off, except when someone uses it like this...

your stupid

[sthief09]

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You might be a tad bit anal.

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im really not, in general. im extremely offensive and im a disgusting slob and on aim i type like this. for whatever reason i use caps on 2+2. maybe because im typing long blocks of text that are a pain in the ass to look at when all in lowercase and with no punctuation

[sthief09]

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ur ur ur ur ur ur ur ur ur ur ur

when you use this ur never wrong, even if ur forum buddies say otherwise.

[/ QUOTE ]


I used to write like that on aim, for that exact reason. I hate using apostraphes on aim, but I hate writing youre, so I started writing ur. I decided I hated that though so now I just write youre, which looks dumb.

this thread has gotten retarded

[adamstewart]

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does it piss anyone else off that like 95% of everyone can't distinguish between "you're" and "your"

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Their, their ....It's just because of they're lack of schooling that they don't know what their talking about.

Adam

[ucfryan]

Yeah, but people that can't differentiate there and their annoy me more.

[ucfryan]

[ QUOTE ]
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does it piss anyone else off that like 95% of everyone can't distinguish between "you're" and "your"

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Their, their ....It's just because of they're lack of schooling that they don't know what their talking about.

Adam

[/ QUOTE ]

BLASPHEMY!!

[bisonbison]

No.

[Freakin]

[ QUOTE ]

It doesn't piss me off, except when someone uses it like this...

your stupid

[/ QUOTE ]

Maybe it's just me, but when I see a sentence like that I think "My stupid what?"..... does that happen for anyone else?

Freakin

[jdl22]

I have to admit I've made the error a couple times as well but yes it does bother me. (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=exchange&Number=615424&For um=f20&Words=your&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=61542 4&Search=true&where=sub&Name=7197&daterange=1&newe rval=1&newertype=y&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=# Post615424)

[RocketManJames]

Totally pisses me off...

Almost as much as complement/compliment (this one is high up on my piss me off list). But, more so than principle/principal.

-RMJ

[ThinkQuick]

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does it piss anyone else off that like 95% of everyone can't distinguish between "you're" and "your"

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Holy moly it pisses me off. The posts are so much less clear and the people look so stupid when those terms are misused.

And I agree, it's that people don't know that " you're " exists.

[ilya]

Let's not forget the terrible - and terribly popular - confusion over "it's" and "its."

The apostrophe in phrases like "best song of the 80's" also bugs the [censored] out of me, but I guess this mistake has become so common that struggling against it is futile.

[private joker]

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Let's not forget the terrible - and terribly popular - confusion over "it's" and "its."

The apostrophe in phrases like "best song of the 80's" also bugs the [censored] out of me, but I guess this mistake has become so common that struggling against it is futile.

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Amen. Forget the bogus apostrophe in 80's -- what about the apostrophe in everyday common plural words? "I drank 4 Corona's last night!" or "I love Hot Pocket's!" or "I mucked my card's."

Some people will do it in any possessive word: "his and her's." (I saw that today).

[peachy]

[ QUOTE ]
does it piss anyone else off that like 95% of everyone can't distinguish between "you're" and "your"

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one means possion the other means you are - how hard can that be

[jason_t]

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possion

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[Michael Davis]

Here's the thing. Nobody I know who is more intelligent than me makes this mistake. Everyone who does this is less intelligent.

-Michael

[peachy]

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possion

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i JUST woke up and im on PAIN meds!!! cut me some slack!!

[sublime]

i have terrible writing skills josh. do you still like me?

[sublime]

Here's the thing. Nobody I know who is more intelligent than me makes this mistake. Everyone who does this is less intelligent.

define intelligent. i dropped out of school in the 8th grade, but feel i am 'smarter' than the majority of people i come in contact with.

[Michael Davis]

I'm not intelligent enough to define it.

-Michael

[sublime]

lol, i do get your point. intelligence is probably a very difficult thing to gauge, but i personally dont think the proper use of words like "your/you're" etc are all that important.

[Michael Davis]

I'm not offically suggesting a link, or claiming that I use this to judge someone's intelligence. I am merely making an observation that seems true.

-Michael

[beerbandit]

your crazy ---

[censored] yeah it pisses me off, thanks for reminding me --- i just broke my mouse


cheers

[Bulldog]

Agree. The one that bothers me the most is "alot".

[Bluffoon]

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You might be a tad bit anal.

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im really not, in general. im extremely offensive and im a disgusting slob and on aim i type like this. for whatever reason i use caps on 2+2. maybe because im typing long blocks of text that are a pain in the ass to look at when all in lowercase and with no punctuation

[/ QUOTE ]

It was presumptuous of me to judge. We all have our pet peeves.

[sfer]

I like you're avatar. You're mom is hawt. WTFLOL!!!1111!!!!!

[Voltron87]

I see it all the time, I do it when I'm typing posts on this board. I usually catch it, but every 1 in 10 times I just go "[censored] it... this is an internet messageboard". When I'm proofreading someone's paper or writing for school/work etc. and they make an it's, its, their, they're, etc. mistake it really pisses me off. But on this board I make it sometimes just because it's the internet and it doesn't really matter too much. And I tolerate it because I make it a bunch too.