| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 2:15:47 AM | I don't see much difference between the incorrect usage of "your" versus "you're", in comparison to those who use "i" versus "I" when referring to themselves. Or "havent" versus "haven't". Or, for that matter, leaving punctuation out such as a period at the end of sentences.
Some spelling "errors" are also the result of cheap and crappy keyboards that don't give the correct tactile feedback, especially when someone is flying along at 80+ words per minute. At other times, they're the result of last minute edits to thoughts without proofreading before hitting the 'Post' key. | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 5:13:21 AM |
I don't see much difference between the incorrect usage of "your" versus "you're"
You don't?
Try "Your nuts" as opposed to "You're nuts"........ "Your sweet" as opposed to "You're sweet" see the difference now? | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 5:26:46 AM | Another biggie on these forums is the incorrect use of "to" and "too."
A large chunk of people use "to" when what they should have used is "too."
And yeah, a typo is a typo (I know I'm guilty), but you know when a person does't know the correct word choice. | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 5:52:52 AM | I am CANADIAN!...... ya...like the beer ad states!
and I use the Queen's English...that includes OUR in such words as colour, neighbour, flavour and other lovely words.
I don't get hung up on people's spelling anymore.... not going to get my colon in a knot or care.... spelling does count in my book but it is not the end of the world... my ulcer has better things to burn up about.
as for your vs you're....consider those who use 'ur'
I know it rankles that we resist the metric system.
as for Metric...well Canada officially adopted the Metric system of measurement in 1970 by a liberal govt moving with current times of the world......slowly introducing the system to citizens over time.... until it was abolished..scrapped by a new conservative govt in 1985....dinosaurs who saw no value in the system.
I was always under the impression that the US military has been using the Metric system for many many years....far before Canada was .... the military needing it for precise measurement.....for accuracy. I thought the US was using it for shipping and freight applications too. I may of been wrong. | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 6:10:42 AM |
i have noticed that quite often these errors are committed by college students ,grads and even people who are seeking "must be educated" as they put it. So i guess i am not real sure what the definition of "educated" is anymore.
I am somewhat like yourself, but I was pushed/encouraged by teachers to continue my education. I have terrible typing skills and I admit to being a horrible speller, but I hope my point, ideas, and sentiments get across.
My next point is that this is a dating site...I'm not writing a critical paper for my boss, I'm arguing points with a lot of other Meat heads. So I dont spell check.
Next point, I think I would rather have 5th grade spelling skills but be logical and able to communicate a salient point, than have perfect spelling, gramer, typing skills and have the logic of a 5th grader... | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 6:25:17 AM | Let's sea here oar is that hear, wat ever! oh wait; shood that be wutever? Never mind, my point(e) is that your allready at you're cumputor, so whats so hard aboot just useing spel chek or atleste haveing****hunairy-dott_comm up and if yur not shur of howe too spel som-thing, just luke it up. Knott ownlee wil yu start to lurn butt yu weel kepe yur briane xersized and aktiv.
Laytur,
iBob | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 7:21:31 AM |
My next point is that this is a dating site...I'm not writing a critical paper for my boss, I'm arguing points with a lot of other Meat heads. So I dont spell check.
It's okay to be stupid because you are on a dating website?
Well, I guess you should be yourself on a dating website.
Meat heads? You are making a rather big assumption with that statement.
Mr. Evans | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 8:06:57 AM | ah, your and you're
as a past elementary school teacher of many years, when I corrected papers , I'd mark as a mistake your when it should have been written you're or you're when it should have been your-
and oh the grief I received, I was being "too tough" this from parents and administrators, I was told that I was keeping my students from being ....."creative"
so is it a surprise to me when adults don't know the difference- ahhhhhhh NO
here's one that I find a lot-
alot instead of a lot | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 9:28:21 AM |
I don't see much difference between the incorrect usage of "your" versus "you're" You don't? Try "Your nuts" as opposed to "You're nuts"........ "Your sweet" as opposed to "You're sweet" see the difference now?
If you would have pasted the whole sentence then you would see that he wasn't saying he didn't see the difference between the two, he was saying he doesn't see the difference between someone making that error or a different error, while others are saying some errors aren't as bad as others.
I don't see much difference between the incorrect usage of "your" versus "you're", in comparison to those who use "i" versus "I" when referring to themselves. Or "havent" versus "haven't" | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 11:40:16 AM |
I'm not going to accept a reprimand from someone whose habit is to inflict extra vowels into words.
favor
neighbor
no "u".
color
The '-our' as in neighbour, colour, flavour etc has been in use in Britain since the 11th Century, the days of the Norman Conquest.
So I think you'll find that it is not so much our habit 'to inflict extra vowels into words', but rather the habit of others to remove them.  | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 11:58:46 AM | You're does exist in all parts of the US. I've lived in most of them, which is completely beside the point, but the fact remains that "you're" is a contraction of "you are" and your is a pronoun. Very simple.
People just do not pay enough attention to proper spelling and grammar anymore. It's a pet peeve, if you couldn't tell. lol  | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 2:37:50 PM | | I remember seeing a profile right here on POF a few years ago where the woman said "I'm looking for someone who's intellegent"! Notice how "intelligent" was spelled! CLASSIC! | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 2:39:23 PM | What kills me is when people type "should of" instead of "should have."
Another is when a "woman" types that she's a "women." How can you be a grown woman and not know how to spell it.That's like not knowing how to spell your own name. | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 2:48:49 PM | perhaps you should try to communicate more with literate people. pof attracts a lot of youngsters and people who never got a liberal arts education.
however, in addition, as my kids were not originally english speaking: the high schools here, when faced with that phenomena, try to prioritize conceptualizatin, creativity and core values. not enough time to teack english and spelling, when faced with an endless curriculum. my youngest, who is detail oriented, focused on spelling. my oldest still has to figure out the spelling of english words, but she's going pre-law and is brilliant. i notice many brilliant people are very saavy in some areas, but dyslexic or "whatever" in others. some can't spell worth a pile of beans, but helped to develop the internet! like me, hands hurt, so i don't use caps. hardly can call me stupid. it's either a choice, priority or lack of education.
authors find editors. who gets the credit for the book?
ps some know the difference between your and you're, but are in a hurry and focusing on a point and not the spelling. if they had to hand in a term paper, they'd use spellcheck. the usa is always hurrying in some geographic subareas-- especially where the "action" is. | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 3:03:26 PM | One thing that Americans say & it drives me nuts is "Where are you at?" All they need to say is 'where are you?'
Another is when they'll say something like: 'the car ran real good today.'
Try 'the car ran very well today.' | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 7:40:49 PM | There's usually a fine, but visible line between hurried typo ridden posts, and posts from people who are obtuse to the proper use of the English language. And further, there is a difference between being colloquial and formal in writing.
Correcting someone's grammar is always dangerous- from people ending sentences with "etc." (Etc. is an abbreviation; you need a second period to express the end of the sentence), to ending sentences with propositions, to misplaced commas, etc., etc..
In terms of forum posting, I don't think perfect grammar or spelling is necessary. However, I have told my borther several times, "It doesn't matter if you have something intelligent to say, if you can't say it intelligently."
I refuse to answer private messages that are written without any regard to proper English. | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/5/2009 8:27:34 PM | prof doesn't mind if people "miss spell" words. hmmmm. why would anyone want to appear stupid you ask? perhaps we spell that differently? we use one word and you use two?
my ex was from scotland. put his pot on a "cooker" (pronounced kooker) and his suitcase in his "boot" . his idea of holding a fork as mannerly would not fly at any american executive dinner. so? they forgave him.
as to the poster not minding if someone has a disability like dyslexia? and you would be the determinant of that?
i agree that if you have half a brain, you'd like to mate at the same level or upwards. but, is this how you spend your time most of the day? whining about other people's "stuff"? are americans that stupid? or are non americans, who need to whine about "americans", just on the pity pot in order to compensate for some feeling of loss or need to prove themselves "better"? i wonder what the foreign exhange student numbers are in terms of travelling to another country to get an advanced degree education. seems people from all over the world are flocking here. just not to learn spelling!
that being said, if i ever needed to hire a technical writer, as ceo of my company i had the power to do that. we even did it "before" spell check came out! a really smart person does not need to fluff his or her feathers, unless s/he hasn't made it in some way. perhaps a need for self consolation or to find others to rally against one unfortunate person who, for whatever reason, cannot spell? or by putting someone else down, the one pointing the finger manages to raise him/herself up a step? geeze, if you want to complain about someone's level of sophistication, just go onto pof's sex forums! lots of people spell there. maybe you can find a more appropriate match, if spelling is your priority. my point being that we all have our "value" judgements. but, that's what makes the world go around and that's why it's hard to find the right mate.
i "dunno"!
ps my apologies to the poster who thought i meant that people who do not have a degree can not spell. that was not my intention. my intention was to distinguish between liberal arts and technical educations. i've often said on the forums that people with street smarts are often way "too smart" to go to college and sit/listen to something boring, often taught by someone even "more" boring. you know the saying: those who can't do, TEACH!" | |
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| The spelling of your / you're in America
Posted: 7/8/2009 1:26:32 AM | | I understand the difference, but this is just a forum. Is it really that important? It's not like you are writing a letter to the President. | |
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