Today's English Lesson

[Petzel]

Wear: to wear clothes
Where: where is it?
We're: We are

 

[Petzel]

Speaking of laid being correct and layed not being a word, I was curious to see if "payed" was one.
I discovered that it has to do with ropes, "He payed out the line to the smuggler in the rowboat."

I'll have to remember that one for scrabble.

Interesting.

 

[Petzel]

I can understand someone making mistakes when english is not their first language but for those that were born and educated here, it amazes me.

 

[Brill]

"ware" can be an adjective, verb or noun.

Every day I learn something on terb!

 

[Petzel]

Hear: I can hear you clearly.
Here: It is over here.

It's: the contraction of it and is
Its: the cat hurt its paw

Remember, if the 2 words of the contraction don't make sense in the sentence, then don't use it.

 

[Petzel]

Another common mistake I see here is should of and would of and could of. It's not of but have!
It's should have or would have and could have.
if you want the contraction it's should've, would've, could've.

 

[Petzel]

And yes.....the apostrophe only take the place of one letter so it's up to you whether you want to spell the words out or use the contraction.

 

[Petzel]

Whether: pronoun, as in I can't decide whether it's a good time or not.
Weather: I heard the weather forecast is supposed to be hot.

 

[Madeline Rhodes]

Petzel I want to say that while I believe your intentions were honourable when you chose to start this thread... It's become a bit overbearing.

 

[simon482]

Speaking of laid being correct and layed not being a word, I was curious to see if "payed" was one.
I discovered that it has to do with ropes, "He payed out the line to the smuggler in the rowboat."

I'll have to remember that one for scrabble.

do you do "words with friends" on your phone or facebook ?

 

[HG Hunter]

Petzel I want to say that while I believe your intentions were honourable when you chose to start this thread... It's become a bit overbearing.

Our in house Rhodes Scholar has spoken.

Pardon the pun, I couldn't resist.

 

[Petzel]

My intention was only to help people learn. If one doesn't know they are making a mistake they will never learn or know the correct spelling. I'm sorry if I offended or insulted anyone.

 

[Brill]

do you do "words with friends" on your phone or facebook ?

Just the old fashioned game board. I used to play on facebook but it's too tempting to cheat and then my brain wasn't getting a workout.

 

[Hangman]

I can understand someone making mistakes when english is not their first language but for those that were born and educated here, it amazes me.

How do you differentiate between these groups on an anonymous internet forum?

For those born here, are there any exceptions to your rules for those with learning disabilities, such as dysgraphia?

What about the use of an input device that makes typographical errors more common, such as a mobile device?

 

[Petzel]

Ok, I've rec'd PMs saying this is a good thread and some are enjoying it, and I have rec'd others where people are not pleased and say I'm becoming annoying, so this is interesting.
Since when is it a bad thing to learn proper english, grammar and correct spelling? Does it really matter where we learn it so long as we learn?

 

[FatOne]

"Me fail english, that's unpossible." ...lol

The use of cromulent words embiggens the smallest mind. I don't have to worry about that, I drink lots of malk.

 

[Mervyn]

Ok, I've rec'd PMs saying this is a good thread and some are enjoying it, and I have rec'd others where people are not pleased and say I'm becoming annoying, so this is interesting.
Since when is it a bad thing to learn proper english, grammar and correct spelling? Does it really matter where we learn it so long as we learn?

The only thing remotely annoying about this thread is your insistence of misspelling pretzel in your user name

 

[wigglee]

First of all there is no such word as layed so let us take that out of the equation.

Lie and lay are both present tense verbs.
Lie: as in someone tells a lie.
Lying: She is lying to you!
Lay: is as in someone lays down.

Lied and laid are past tense verbs.
Lied: as in she lied to me.
Laid: as in we both laid down.

Got it?

you kneed 2 get layed moor.

 

[Hangman]

Ok, I've rec'd PMs saying this is a good thread and some are enjoying it, and I have rec'd others where people are not pleased and say I'm becoming annoying, so this is interesting.
Since when is it a bad thing to learn proper english, grammar and correct spelling? Does it really matter where we learn it so long as we learn?

Of course it matters. If the self-appointed instructor is so irritating that it compels people to misspell things on purpose, is we really learning?

 

[Petzel]

The only thing remotely annoying about this thread is your insistence of misspelling pretzel in your user name

I'm not misspelling. The name is PETZEL not PRETZEL. PETZEL is a yiddish word for cock.