Joel Morrissette

Esperanto?

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Dennis Veatch wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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