Comments on: There their lose loose its it’s http://www.michealcottingham.com/blog/2008/08/02/there-their-lose-loose-its-its/ Just another useless blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:38:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Micheal http://www.michealcottingham.com/blog/2008/08/02/there-their-lose-loose-its-its/#comment-45 Micheal Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:24:02 +0000 http://www.michealcottingham.com/blog/?p=28#comment-45 LGoosens: Great site! Thanks. :) LGoosens: Great site! Thanks. :)

]]> By: LGoosens http://www.michealcottingham.com/blog/2008/08/02/there-their-lose-loose-its-its/#comment-44 LGoosens Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:58:20 +0000 http://www.michealcottingham.com/blog/?p=28#comment-44 Well, I'm not even a native speaker, but I like raving about these things as much as you guys do, whether it be in English or Dutch - my first language. There's a wonderful website around, called the Eggcorn Database, which I'm sure both of you will enjoy. It contains mistakes like "wreckless driver" instead of "reckless driver"... It can be found at http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/ . Well, I’m not even a native speaker, but I like raving about these things as much as you guys do, whether it be in English or Dutch - my first language.

There’s a wonderful website around, called the Eggcorn Database, which I’m sure both of you will enjoy. It contains mistakes like “wreckless driver” instead of “reckless driver”…

It can be found at http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/ .

]]> By: Micheal http://www.michealcottingham.com/blog/2008/08/02/there-their-lose-loose-its-its/#comment-43 Micheal Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:31:06 +0000 http://www.michealcottingham.com/blog/?p=28#comment-43 haha, I haven't even thought about that before (mainly because I don't use the word and don't really hear it often enough to think about it), but you are right. haha, I haven’t even thought about that before (mainly because I don’t use the word and don’t really hear it often enough to think about it), but you are right.

]]> By: Dave Rathbun http://www.michealcottingham.com/blog/2008/08/02/there-their-lose-loose-its-its/#comment-42 Dave Rathbun Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:20:56 +0000 http://www.michealcottingham.com/blog/?p=28#comment-42 I know this wasn't mentioned, but a peeve of mine is the word <em>y'all</em>. As you say, the ' indicates a contraction. The word y'all is a contraction of you all (which is probably wrong anyway, but meh) and thus the proper spelling would be y'all. Yet I've seen it nearly everywhere (including billboards or other public venues) as ya'll. So get it right, y'all. :-P I know this wasn’t mentioned, but a peeve of mine is the word y’all. As you say, the ‘ indicates a contraction. The word y’all is a contraction of you all (which is probably wrong anyway, but meh) and thus the proper spelling would be y’all. Yet I’ve seen it nearly everywhere (including billboards or other public venues) as ya’ll.

So get it right, y’all. :-P

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