I can't stand when your is spelled ur.

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"Rick Scott" <rick@shadowspar.dyndns.org> wrote in message
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> (Jeff Goslin <autockr@comcast.net> uttered
> > ...It might have to do with a distinction made in queen's english or
> > something, sentence being a structure of words, sentance being a
> > jail term, so both spellings might be english, > but I might have
> > simply been mistaken. However, since we're in america, I'll just
> > take it as "wrong" and move on.
>
> *nod* Yeah, I don't see `sentance' in the dictionary.
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> > My most common grammatical error is possessive vs contractive use of
> > an apostrophe where it does not require it, as in "its" vs "it's".
>
> This is my biggest grammatical pet peeve. It's even more annoying
> because over the past year I've occasionally caught myself making it.
> Now *that's* infuriating. =)
>
> Canonical reference: http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif
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> > "it's" is, of course, the contraction of "it is", and "its"
> > indicates possesiveness, as in "its stuff", whatever it refers to in
> > regard to the stuff. I'll often say "it's stuff", incorrectly.
>
> That's right, because we all know that its stuff is shit, but your
> shit is stuff! =)
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> > Since I am willing to admit these two errors as ones that I commonly
> > make, I'd appreciate it if those specific mistakes weren't used
> > against me.
> >
> > I will not admit to ever being 100% completely accurate 100% of the
> > time with regard to grammar and spelling, but I can say this much:
> > I'm a hell of a lot better at that sort of thing than the vast
> > majority of the tards who post on usenet.
>
> Yes, the fact that you are able to form a coherent thought seems to
> place you head and shoulders above the vast majority of the
> internet-using populace these days. Your ability to construct a
> rational argument also helps obviate my strong temptation to flame
> you for minute spelling and grammatical errors.
>
>
> As for myself, I too often fall prey to typos. I usually notice them
> not long after I post the article in question, and occasionally
> consider cancelling them in an effort to wipe the egg off my face,
> but I have qualms about cancelling articles strictly based on content.
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> Rick
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> key CF8F8A75 / print C5C1 F87D 5056 D2C0 D5CE D58F 970F 04D1 CF8F 8A75
> Neither can his mind be thought to be in tune, whose words do jarre;
> nor his reason in frame, whose sentence is preposterous.
> :Ben Jonson