This thread is due to the pitiful grammar displayed across the forum. I'll simplify and explain a few common errors people make below. I will explain them in their most common contexts, I may not take into account all applications of each word. Just because this is the internet, doesn't mean you guys need to express yourselves more poorly than a first grader.
Your = ownership, e.g. Your car, your pencil etc. etc.
You're = You are, e.g. You're cool, You're almost as good as Raptor, etc. etc.
There = Stating that something exists at a location, e.g. Raptor lives over there, or there is a car parked outside my house.
Their = Saying that somebody else owns something, e.g. their car, their money.
They're = They are, e.g. They're pretty cool, they're the best group, etc. etc.
Were = Past tense of are, e.g. We were doing something fun
We're = We are, e.g. We're going outside
Weve = Not a word
We've = We have, e.g. We've made a house.
Too = Also, e.g. Can they come too?
To = so many applications of this word, but if you're not using 'two', and you aren't trying to say 'also', this is probably the one you're after.
Its = ownership by a pronoun, that is to say, 'it' owns something. E.g. its car, its playground. Its is the exception to the plural for ownership rule.
It's = it is, e.g. It's fine, It's a nice day.
For clarification on when to use an apostrophe with an 's' at the end of the word;
Cars = no s, it's a plural, plurals don't feature an apostrophe
Car's = ownership or Car is, shows that Car owns something, or can be used as a contraction of Car is.
Cars' = Ownership by multiple cars/owned by a person called Cars. For example, if a person's surname ends in s, such as Smiths, the ownership would be shown by Smiths', rather than Smiths's. It could also be used for a group owning something, such as cables', where cables are shown to own something. E.g. Cables' combined strength.
Capitalise the first letter of each sentence, the first letter of a name or some positions (e.g. Pope). Honestly basic grammar at the moment is poor. This is not directed at any one person or group, but the forum as a whole. Try not to repeatedly use the same pieces of vocabulary. If you write a paragraph, nobody wants to see the word 'good' in it above two to three times unless you're deliberately using repetition as a persuasive technique.
Post any other common mistakes below and I'll add them.
Your = ownership, e.g. Your car, your pencil etc. etc.
You're = You are, e.g. You're cool, You're almost as good as Raptor, etc. etc.
There = Stating that something exists at a location, e.g. Raptor lives over there, or there is a car parked outside my house.
Their = Saying that somebody else owns something, e.g. their car, their money.
They're = They are, e.g. They're pretty cool, they're the best group, etc. etc.
Were = Past tense of are, e.g. We were doing something fun
We're = We are, e.g. We're going outside
Weve = Not a word
We've = We have, e.g. We've made a house.
Too = Also, e.g. Can they come too?
To = so many applications of this word, but if you're not using 'two', and you aren't trying to say 'also', this is probably the one you're after.
Its = ownership by a pronoun, that is to say, 'it' owns something. E.g. its car, its playground. Its is the exception to the plural for ownership rule.
It's = it is, e.g. It's fine, It's a nice day.
For clarification on when to use an apostrophe with an 's' at the end of the word;
Cars = no s, it's a plural, plurals don't feature an apostrophe
Car's = ownership or Car is, shows that Car owns something, or can be used as a contraction of Car is.
Cars' = Ownership by multiple cars/owned by a person called Cars. For example, if a person's surname ends in s, such as Smiths, the ownership would be shown by Smiths', rather than Smiths's. It could also be used for a group owning something, such as cables', where cables are shown to own something. E.g. Cables' combined strength.
Capitalise the first letter of each sentence, the first letter of a name or some positions (e.g. Pope). Honestly basic grammar at the moment is poor. This is not directed at any one person or group, but the forum as a whole. Try not to repeatedly use the same pieces of vocabulary. If you write a paragraph, nobody wants to see the word 'good' in it above two to three times unless you're deliberately using repetition as a persuasive technique.
Post any other common mistakes below and I'll add them.
