Re: There, their, they're
 

No excuse for multiple exclamation marks though, that just betrays a lack of confidence in what is being said.

The odd space here and there would help too. ;)

Hope That Helps,
Matt

Re: There, their, they're (again)
 

Some wrong answers here I'm afraid... :)

Re: There, their, they're (again)
 

Yes, but she tried her hardest and that is all we can ask. ;-))

Re: There, their, they're (again)
 

Exactly. Very few people really know the English language that well... especially us Brits! We ALL make mistakes, most of the time we don't realise we're making them... :D

Re: There, their, they're
 

No problem. I am a teacher of English.

by the way, only written tests have spelling.

Re: There, their, they're
 

Even poor grammer is not a problem really, you know from the context what the poster is trying to say, and they may well not have had the benefit of good teaching while at school, or had poor schooling, not always the persons fault.

Re: There, their, they're
 

Doesnt help at all!!!!!!!!!!!
Have complete confidence in my opinions,otherwise wouldnt post them!!!!!
Spaces not necc unless you have difficulty reading long sentences!!!!!:rofl:

Re: There, their, they're
 

Must have imagined:unsure: all those ORAL spelling tests I did at school then:blink: no wonder I was always being told to sit up and pay attention:p

Re: There, their, they're
 

Should that not be "I'm an English teacher"?

Don't sentences start with capital letter's?

Just curious as would like to improve me English:D

Re: There, their, they're
 

Oh no! spelling police,:cry_smile:me sad,handcuffs at the ready Im truely guilty.Aint life grand:wub::wub:

Re: There, their, they're
 

Hi all! Very well said Icortez! :thumbsup:
billgates original post may have been useful, had he simply posted:

"Please can people learn the differences between the variations. It makes it much easier to read people's postings."
There ....... Over there
Their ....... Belonging to them
Ther're ...... Abbreviation for "they are"

Sorted! (exclamation mark required to emphasise finality) Lol! :rofl:

Re: There, their, they're
 

That's exactly how I learnt to spell as well - orally. The trouble is that the generation behind us learnt to spell using phonetics which doesn't work particularly well with the English language as it is riddled with sound anomalies. They were also taught that spelling doesn't matter, it's more important to get across the intent. This concept would have blown the minds of all my English teachers.

Heaven help the current teen generation with their predictive and abbreviated text culture. I don't think they'll ever be able to spell at all. My step-daughter, bless her heart, asks me to read and correct the spelling on all her university essays as she really hasn't a clue how to spell even though she's a very bright girl.

It's easy to get hung up on spelling mistakes and I can sympathise with billgates to a degree. But at the end of the day, as long as you get the gist of the post - that's what matters.

Re: There, their, they're
 

i dunno. But I ain't arf boared of this now!


I dun latin and french and german and stuff....


But all this malarkey is very painful now....

Can we say Ta'ra to it? :(


jdr? please!!

Re: There, their, they're
 

Can't do nuffin, soz

Re: There, their, they're
 

Ooh bum! :rofl:

Amo
Amas
Amat
.....

Thats about it!


Some things are so much more important than bloody grammar. :mad:

Like Sally's post didn't know whether to laugh or cry?