Dennis Veatch

Not to fear everyone, with the advent of the cell phone, texting, generation
Z, and spanglish, then the English language has no hope anyway! IMO We
shalst c anew language appear :) xoxo

On May 24, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Joel Morrissette wrote:

And while we're at it:

's = possessive. EX: Heather's grammar
s = plural. EX: OBRA races.

Exception: its/it's is backwards:
it's = contraction EX: It's going to be nice today.
its = possessive EX: OBRA has its schedule posted on the web.

-J

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Heather VanValkenburg
wrote:

First of all, don't slam the correction. Accept it and be a learner.
I've seen much of this lately. I tell my students that often THEIR (not
there) writing will be the first impression someone gets of them.

THEIR- indicates that something belongs to someone. EX: That is THEIR
house.
THERE- shows where something is. EX: Their house is over THERE.
THEY'RE- a contraction of the two words, they are. EX: THEY'RE going
to their house over there.

YOUR- indicates that something belongs to you. EX: I like YOUR shirt
YOU'RE- a contraction of the two words, you are. EX: YOU'RE a rock
star.