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06-16-2015, 04:00 PM
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Than vs Then....
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ok, so why isnt it called a, "superfector"?
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06-16-2015, 04:03 PM
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Maybe you can also show us the difference between your and you're
 
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06-16-2015, 04:12 PM
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im just here to help....FACT,,,LEGIT! 
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ok, so why isnt it called a, "superfector"?
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06-16-2015, 04:15 PM
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YOUR and YOU'RE are big pet peeves of mine...see it almost daily.
Another one is the common misspelling of INCONVENIENCE...all too many times a store will be closed and the sign will say, "Sorry for the inconvience"
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06-16-2015, 04:25 PM
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I swear they stopped teaching kids anything in school in 1981.... I was going to say other sports, but then I remembered they stopped teaching football players how tackle about the same time.
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06-16-2015, 04:32 PM
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YOUR and YOU'RE are big pet peeves of mine...see it almost daily.
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I can almost let that one slide nowadays....but misuse of "then" and "than" just screams "uneducated" 
your move prevalent to see that severe stupidity in upstate ny then most places...the kind of places your going to visit than leave real quickly...
*banjos in the background*
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06-16-2015, 06:14 PM
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...Yes average handle of less then 100,000 per CARD for the meets. Tioga is worse then Vernon even...
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The Tioga purses only look better then Vernon because...blah, blah, blah...
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see a pattern here? poor vernon 
*ill be up soon if anyone wants a "lesson" ,,,,FACT,,,,,LEGIT! 
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ok, so why isnt it called a, "superfector"?
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06-16-2015, 11:17 PM
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Two for me....
One....Misuse of "than" as in This is different 'than'.....Incorrect...It should be stated "different 'from'.....
Two.....Ending sentences with prepositions.....
of, at, etc...
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06-16-2015, 11:26 PM
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Oh....Redundancies.
"hot water heater"...Is there a 'cold water heater'?
"Complete three sixty"....Is there an incomplete three sixty?
"same exact"....AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Just 'exact' will do....Exact is an absolute.
and finally..
"Loose" and "lose"..
Loose: Untied, unfastened, non rigid attachment...
Lose: the opposite of gain....
In the present tense.....One does not "loose" their mind. The "lose" their mind.
I stand down from my soap box...
Damn....Now you made me loose my "trend"( yep instead of 'train' people say this too) of thought. I forgot my wallet so now I have to make a complete 360 so I can head back to the ATM( Another silly redundancy) machine to get money out 'of'
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06-16-2015, 11:36 PM
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Oh....Redundancies.
"hot water heater"...Is there a 'cold water heater'?
"Complete three sixty"....Is there an incomplete three sixty?
"same exact"....AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Just 'exact' will do....Exact is an absolute.
and finally..
"Loose" and "lose"..
Loose: Untied, unfastened, non rigid attachment...
Lose: the opposite of gain....
In the present tense.....One does not "loose" their mind. The "lose" their mind.
I stand down from my soap box...
Damn....Now you made me loose my "trend"( yep instead of 'train' people say this too) of thought. I forgot my wallet so now I have to make a complete 360 so I can head back to the ATM( Another silly redundancy) machine to get money out 'of'
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One (singular) may lose his or her (singular) mind, unless she or he suffers from MPD, in which case use of "their" (plural) would be appropriate, but would then require "mind" to be plural as well.
That is an interesting detail of English. So many people use "their" rather than his or her (or whatever) that many writers began avoiding the use of singular pronouns altogether, opting for agreement in number.
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06-17-2015, 07:57 AM
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Sad commentary on the state of harness when the most popular thread is about grammar. 
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06-17-2015, 12:05 PM
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Good point...thread moved.
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06-17-2015, 12:18 PM
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The use of the word "actually", as in "I actually went to the track last Saturday". Saying "I went to the track last Saturday" has the same meaning.
I cannot think of one instance where the addition of this word in a sentence changes a thing.
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06-17-2015, 12:29 PM
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Saying I could care less, when we mean exactly the opposite. It seems that I hardly ever encounter a person who uses "I COULDN'T CARE LESS", anymore.
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