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Grammar Misuse


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As a high school teacher, these are the ones I often find as errors in social studies term papers:

1. The one that really annoys me is how people suddenly seem to confuse "have" and "of", as in: "I could of learnt how to write properly."

4. If you do something to change a situation, then you "effect" a change. If your circumstances are changed by an action, then the change has caused an "effect". You cannot "affect" a change in something, nor can you be "effected" by one.

12. The proper use of "its" and "it's" seems to confound many people, with "its" being a possessive and "it's" being a contraction of "it is".

I was surprised that I didn't see "your" and "you're" listed. It's a fairly common mistake in writing.

~ Joe

Vee Arnis Jitsu/JuJitsu

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1. The one that really annoys me is how people suddenly seem to confuse "have" and "of", as in: "I could of learnt how to write properly."

I know I definitely don't do that one. A teacher in high school threatened not to even take my papers in if I did it again.

"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." ~ Confucius

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With the increased usage of slang and especially now with text messaging, I believe this is going to become even more widespread.

(I hope that was proper English usage) - OMG OMG - LOL - LOL)

:D

"Never argue with an idiot because they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." ~ Dilbert
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With the increased usage of slang and especially now with text messaging, I believe this is going to become even more widespread.

When I was student-teaching last year I "intercepted" a few notes in class and they were full of text-message abbreviations.

Ed

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I always got hit with the "may I" or "can I" thing. I never miss it now.

I had an RE teacher who used to drive me nuts with this. Every single time you asked to do something, like "Can I open the window?" or "Can I go to the toilet?" she'd just be like "I don't know, can you?"

"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." ~ Confucius

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