Just in case you were wondering, the title of this post was an intentional misspelling of “clarification.” Pretty clever, I know. Just thought I’d throw out a quick lesson, because I’m tired of reading text messages and papers with these errors. By the time you get to high school, you should be able to spell and write these things…
1. Your and You’re…
You’re (you are) an idiot. Your (those belonging to you) spelling mistakes are giving me a migraine.
2. Its and It’s
It’s (it is) a damn shame that I even have to do this, but I feel an obligation. It appears as though proper English has run its (that belonging to it) course, paving the way for future generations to speak and write as if they were in the movie Idiocracy.
3. To, Too and Two
Do I really have to explain this one? Let me put it this way, if you’re cloudy on the differences between the three, you are an idiot.
4. Are and Our
Yeah, I’ve really seen people confuse these two words. In the last three weeks.
5. A vs. An
Would you say “I have an toothache?” How about “I can’t wait to go to an movie this weekend?” Then why would you say “I’m meeting with a insurance guy” or “I got a excellent score on my exam today?”
Here’s a rule to remember: If the next word begins with a vowel, use “an.” If it begins with a consonant, use “a.” That should get you through the rest of your life without everyone thinking that you may or may not be retarded. (Hey, I never claimed to be a sensitive or nice person. I’m just trying to resolve some grammatical issues.)
Bonus tip: “Nother” is NOT A WORD. Don’t use the phrase “a whole nother.” Just don’t do it.
K
OK I really hate to burst your bubble here but you have the right idea you just wrote it wrong. If the next word starts with a consonant use A. If the words starts with a vowel use AN. You wrote it the other way around.
Ha ha, awesome. I was in a hurry when I wrote that, and I wasn’t really paying attention. Glad you were.
Fixed.
oh. always. BUT… I am also going to have to debate that last sentence you just added. I LOVE with MOST of my heart the word “nother.” It is just soooooooooo much fun to say. I feel pimp when I say it! It’s like taking the T out of Lay-en. Sometimes you just gotta have fun with it. Let it roll off your tongue………..would you like me to write AN whole nother paragraph about it?!
bwhahaha.
(hahaha…the “an” was just to piss you off. hahaha. <3 you kylie wylie!)
Why would that piss me off? I just wasn’t paying attention to what I was writing. And, as long as you’re cool with being wrong and sounding slightly stupid, keep on saying “nother.” It’s cool.
Dude. You aren’t my facebook friend anymore? No, no. Let me rephrase that. I am not your facebook friend anymore?!?! Ouch. That hurts. That means I was not cool enough to make the cut. Even after I said I loved you Kylie Wylie. Apparently…. that love was not reciprocated. Well, I WAS going to say it was good to see you Sunday but now I am rethinking that comment.
Ah, don’t be like that. Nobody’s my facebook friend anymore because I deleted myself a month ago. Don’t worry, if I was still on there, I wouldn’t have deleted you.
Anyway, it was nice to see you as well.