Grammar lessons for Shaw
 

I can't take it anymore. I'm making this thread to help you, :jerad:. You might hate me now, but someday you'll thank me.

Let's start with what you wrote in the sexbox:

"We should have an award thread. Pick like funniest poster, and have a ton of other catagory's"

This is a plural/apostrophe issue. Let me explain.

Apostrophes are used for contractions (we won't deal with contractions right now since that's not how you misused it in this example) and possessives. Think of a possessive as claiming something as a possession:

That is Tim's book.

I used an apostrophe because the book belongs to Tim. Here is another example:

Japan's coastal region suffered heavy losses.

I used an apostrophe because the coastal region belongs to Japan.

The reason why your usage was incorrect is because the "category's" don't belong to anyone. Therefore, to make it plural (more than one) it would be categories

Other examples of ies endings: skies, spies, cries

Feel free to ask any questions, and don't listen to the haters.

Like I've said before. If I cared, I would proofread my post. I don't care, nor do I have enough time to worry about it. It will continue to suck.

Not with a little help from your own personal grammarian!

Can we have a lesson about comma splices Mr. Abomination?

I suffer from its vs it's.

Can you help me?

Its really not that difficult.

Didn't take long for the trolling to begin. You guys don't miss a beat. <3

I'm 100% serious.

Fine.

It's vs its.

A contraction is two words becoming one. So it is becomes it's. It has also becomes it's. We use contractions everyday. Some examples: we are becomes we're, will not becomes won't, they are becomes they're, and so on.

Its is a possessive pronoun. For example: The dog ate its food.
Its refers to the dog, and its is possessive because it's talking about the dogs food.

You wouldn't say: The dog ate it's food.
Because it's is a contraction. Separate the contraction if you're not sure.
The dog ate it is food.
The dog ate it has food.

Doesn't work.

Ok, now your confusing me.

you're





This hidden text joke is getting old.

poop

Thanks Repug. Thats very helpful.

Losses*, but perhaps that was a typo and not a real fuck up. Or perhaps you're a dirty fucking hypocrite.

Can you help me with who vs whom?

Thanks.

T'was a typo - figured as soon as I made one someone would call me out.

wouldn't the dog eat his/her food? As in scout ate his burrito then shit for too days.

Who is the subjective. Whom is every other case.

e.g. who is that. AcTive, whom is a swell guy, is the founder of nubblies,

Comma splices are easy to catch and fix. Essentially a comma splice is another name for a run on sentence. Every sentence has a main clause. We use commas to attach a dependent clause onto a main clause.

For example: Harry read his essay, thinking of how to make it better.

Harry read his essay is a independent (main) clause, because it can stand alone. You could easily put a period after essay. "thinking of how to make it better" is a dependent clause, because it's not a stand alone sentence - there's no subject.

A common splice is when you attach two independent clauses:

Harry sipped his drink and looked around, he had always been a messy eater and today was no different.

It's a splice because both clauses are independent. The way to fix a splice is with a period, a semi colon, a dash, parenthesis, or with a coordinating conjunction. A coordinating conjunction is a word that connects two ideas. Like this:

Harry took a bite of his apple and wiped his mouth with a napkin, for he had always been a messy eater.

Coordinating conjunctions are connecting words: for, but, yet, as, or, so, and so on.

Could be. I'm not totally sure on the rules of pronouns, but I think you can substitute his/her for its. I'll have to look it up.

Also, I might as well correct your mistake since it's one a lot of people make.

There are three ways to use: to, too, two.

Two is the number 2.

Too is a kind of way of emphasizing - at least there's how I think of it. Example: There are too many people in here. You are too fat. I want to come too!

To is usually a preposition, which means in relation to an object, basically. So, example: I am going to school.

Repug,

You would make a great middle school English teacher.

Don't forget tew and tu.

Or http://www.nubblies.net/forums/images/smilies/poop.gif

Can't tell if this is an insult or not.

What if I said: "Why is my baby crying?" and someone responded: "The dog ate it's food."

I think then I would say it.

It was intentional, like the DJFC and Kremlin. You've never seen me make that mistake before. Also, "the subjective" is a complete misuse of the word. But that slipped by.

Its is never possessive. It's never possessive. Get it?

Its's?