Your/You're..... again

Lydzor

Lydzor

Lydzor

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Sorry to raise this again. But has anyone else noticed how bad this issue has gotten? How is it possible that 95% of the time I see either used on Facebook it's the wrong version? Why don't any other words get confused quite so much? I'm genuinely intrigued (and concerned :o). Chances are I've probably got the wrong Facebook contacts. :p
 
Honestly, it sounds the name so what do you expect, people are going to post it different ways (wrong ways). Stop being a grammar Nazi. You can understand what they're are saying, you're just pointing it out to be annoying, and or give yourself a feeling or superiority.
 
Lydzor said:
Sorry to raise this again. But has anyone else noticed how bad this issue has gotten?
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Say again?

In the UK, the old word “gotten” dropped out of use except in such stock phrases as “ill-gotten” and “gotten up,” but in the US it is frequently used as the past participle of “get.” Sometimes the two are interchangeable, however, “got” implies current possession, as in “I’ve got just five dollars to buy my dinner with.” “Gotten,” in contrast, often implies the process of getting hold of something: “I’ve gotten five dollars for cleaning out Mrs. Quimby’s shed” emphasizing the earning of the money rather than its possession.

Phrases that involve some sort of process usually involve “gotten”: “My grades have gotten better since I moved out of the fraternity.” When you have to leave, you’ve got to go. If you say you’ve “gotten to go” you’re implying someone gave you permission to go.
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I would suggest you put more effort in to not using "gotten" than worrying about other peoples grammar, unless ofcourse you are american.
 
Sp00n said:
I would suggest you put more effort in to not using "gotten" than worrying about other peoples grammar, unless ofcourse you are american.
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I was asking for that really. :p It didn't used to annoy me, but seeing them used so rarely in the correct way, I have become curious why people seem to get it wrong more than right. I know they sound the same, but surely there's a 50% chance of you getting the correct one and also a better chance as you would have been taught which is right.

Cybermyk said:
Yeah I've noticed this to. Their getting other stuff wrong aswell though.
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I see what you did there. :p
 
People don't think about what they're typing and chose the easier word, which is why you will probably find they tend to swing towards their/your etc...
 
There was a Stephen Fry podcast regarding people being so precious regarding spelling last year. Fascinating listen if you can find it
 
You need to have an iq of atleast 20 to get this right. Thats 95% of facebook users excluded straight away. When i am tired/ feeling lazy/ typing on my phone i cant be bothered and just mix them up if its obvious wht i mean by the context
 
Mason- said:
Honestly, it sounds the name so what do you expect, people are going to post it different ways (wrong ways). Stop being a grammar Nazi. You can understand what they're are saying, you're just pointing it out to be annoying, and or give yourself a feeling or superiority.
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OK.
 
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