1. The difference between YOUR and YOU'RE
It amazes me the large percentage of seemingly educated individuals who fail to understand the difference between these two words.
Your: is the possessive form of you, referring to something that a person has, or something that belongs to the person in discussion.
You're: is a contraction, or a combination of the words you and are, and omits the letter "a." If you are unsure which one to use, try replacing your or you're with "you are". If the sentence makes sense, use "you're".
2. Ending a sentence with AT
How many times have you heard someone use the word at as an ending to a sentence? Too many, as far as I am concerned. I was taught that prepositions have a proper place in the world, and it is not at the end of a sentence. Some people (grammarians) feel it is fine to end sentences with prepositions, at least in some cases; however, I feel it creates a perception in the listener that the speaker is uneducated.
Example, "That's where it's at." This example is a definite instance where it's not OK to end a sentence with a preposition! The problem with this example is that the sentence does not need the preposition. If you opened the contraction "it's" and say, "That's where it is", it means the same thing. At is unnecessary. Believe me, you sound much more intelligent ridding yourself of unnecessary prepositions.
There is always the "Sh*thead" rule. If you ever find yourself about to end a sentence with a preposition, you can easily fix it by adding the word "sh*thead" at the end. (Ex., That's where it's at, sh*thead!) Other than that instance, please don't use it. I, for one, support good grammar.
Some feel that it's just slang and slang is filled with many unnecessary words like dude, and wassup, etc. Slang goes in and out; therefore, the "at" is just a temporary sentence ending. It should fade in a decade or so. I'm not sure I can wait.
3. Anyways
There should be no 's' at the end of this word. It sounds ridiculous. Stop.
4. Myself
I'm pretty sure people who use 'myself' are just trying to make themselves sound more important. Instead of "feel free to contact Dave, Stephenie or myself", just say "Dave, Stephenie or me."
5. Grammer
Do I even need to mention this? I know it's a spelling error and not a grammatical one; however, it's pretty funny when someone is trying to point out other people's poor "grammer."
6. Supposebly
Pronouncing the word supposedly with a "b" instead of a "d" quickly lowers my opinion of the speaker.
Simple grammatical errors can harm how others perceive your credibility when reading your written word. Literary genius? Hardly. After all, that's what good writing is. I mean, that's good writing.
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