Correct Grammar and Spelling

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Utah

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If we want non-believers to take us seriously about our faith in Jesus Christ, it helps to speak and spell correctly. Many non-believers think we are illiterate drones chasing a fairy tale, and when we communicate incorrectly it furthers their judgment upon us, making it harder to reach them with the Gospel.

The point of this thread is not about embracing academia snobbery, it is about winning hearts to Christ. If we communicate correctly some non-believers may be more apt to take us seriously and may encourage them to truly consider what we have to say about Jesus. Here are some helpful tips I found online.


[h=4]Your, You’re[/h]
  • your – possessive, the thing belonging to you. This is your Christian Chat Site.
  • you’re – a contraction of the words “you are”. The apostrophe is your signal that the word can be split into two words. You're reading this post -- you are reading this post.
[h=4]There, They’re, Their[/h]
  • there – a location. Think of “where” with the first letter changed. It's right there.
  • they’re – a contraction of the words “they are”. The apostrophe is your signal that the word can be split into two words. They're Christian -- they are Christian.
  • their – possessive, the thing belonging to them. Their faith in Jesus is awesome!
Then we have Two, To and Too. I don't know how to effectively share the differences other than two is the number and too is another way to say also. She did it also -- she did it too.

Any others come to mind?
 
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Colour v color. Ha ha sorry Miri is in a mischievous mood tonight.
Aw well better go t' mi bed (Yorkshire) to my bed!
 
blue_ladybug

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jist xactly wee nehd guud speeling fowr? lol.. sorry I just had to do that.. :eek: But on a serious note, some people just don't know how to spell very good. They can't really help that, especially if English isn't their first language, and/ or they're dyslexic. On the point of two, to, and too, here's an example:

Utah and Blue make two. :)
Utah needs to clean his house.
Blue needs to clean her house, too.

:eek:
 
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Miri

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Hey can you two come and clean my house too!
 
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Affect, effect (admittedly, I can get this wrong sometimes. Thank God for spell check. ;) )

Weather, whether

Then, than

It's, its

I know they're is more but I think your better at pointing these out then me. I don't want to affect on weather people will take this topic seriously if heaven forbid I get this all wrong.


;)
 
Utah

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I hate affect and effect.

I'm 50 years old and need to look it up every time I want to use one of those words.

Arrrggghhh!!! :mad:
 
Reborn

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blue_ladybug said:
jist xactly wee nehd guud speeling fowr? lol.. sorry I just had to do that.. :eek: But on a serious note, some people just don't know how to spell very good. They can't really help that, especially if English isn't their first language, and/ or they're dyslexic. On the point of two, to, and too, here's an example:

Utah and Blue make two. :)
Utah needs to clean his house.
Blue needs to clean her house, too.

:eek:
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......touche. :)
 
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Then and Than

First read then answer the questions.

I like this car more than I like that one.

Then - time, afterward, later

Than - comparative
 
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Hey, I'm not sure if this is correct: I like this car more than I like that one.

I think I could've (Contraction of could have. Not could of.) and should've written: I like this car more than that car.

Thoughts? Please assist.
 
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Galahad

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Were We're

Were you at the store?

We're on our way.

We're - a contraction of we are.
 
blue_ladybug

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Utah said:
I hate affect and effect.

I'm 50 years old and need to look it up every time I want to use one of those words.

Arrrggghhh!!! :mad:
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Rain affects those who hate getting wet.

Side effects of medicine can be headache, dizziness, etc. :)
 
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Incorrect: The watch is inside of the box.

Correct: The watch is in the box.
 
santuzza

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Loose, lose

My clothes will be loose on me after I lose some weight.

Where, wear

Where will I be when I wear my blue hat?
 
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did i hear someone call for a grammar nazi?

(i said grammar...not capitalization :))

it's almost always a problem with homonyms, homophones, homographs and heteronyms.

quick and usually right tip regarding affect and effect?
use affect as a verb, and effect as a noun.
there are instances where the opposite is the case, but usually you're safe with that.

but, hey! it's English, and English has its own pesky problems. :)
 
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You know, when I was a professor, I taught diction for singers. That means I taught singers how to sing in Italian, Latin, French, German and, yes, English. English was BY FAR the hardest of them all! Part of that is simply cultural -- one rarely thinks about how one pronounces one's own native tongue -- but the other part is that it's just plain difficult. I don't know how singers in Italy, France, and Germany learn to sing in English. It's got to be a nightmare.
 
Utah

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Galahad said:
Hey, I'm not sure if this is correct: I like this car more than I like that one.

I think I could've (Contraction of could have. Not could of.) and should've written: I like this car more than that car.

Thoughts? Please assist.
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Definitely than; just like you said earlier, its comparative. :)
 
Utah

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psychomom said:
did i hear someone call for a grammar nazi?

(i said grammar...not capitalization :))

it's almost always a problem with homonyms, homophones, homographs and heteronyms.

quick and usually right tip regarding affect and effect?
use affect as a verb, and effect as a noun.
there are instances where the opposite is the case, but usually you're safe with that.

but, hey! it's English, and English has its own pesky problems. :)
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That's exactly what I needed to see. Thank you, Momma! :)
 
Utah

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Apart is one word: apart.

A lot is two words: A and lot. Not one word.
 
crossnote

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lotza flagS from oder contrees here not spelin lik U...ore meeeeee.
 
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lol crossnote.
I've seen plenty of American flags spellin like diz too :p
 
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