Whoo! You need some work, and I'm not talking about dentures!
You've got one primary recurring issue, and a couple of occidental minor ones. Nothing a little grammar check can't fix, though.
The big thing today is "than/then". Here's your x-rays:
Since you have root canales than you know [...] You can remove this but than the tooth [...]
We'll need to do a grammatical canal here, and take those things out. I've had a replacement crafted, you may have heard of it. It's the remarkable "then".
"Then" is a part of speech that belongs to the Preposition family, and is typically used to start a supplemental phrase, often found just after a conjunction.
What we've got in here, see, is "than". Than's a comparator, and needs two things to work on. Something like "your post sounds more clumsy than a drunken ogre".
Now that we have that cleared up, I think we're good for today. Oh, there's some other issues like "canales" and "brook", but I think they may be typos that will clear up on their own. We can save those for another visit if need be.
Proofread every post, and don't forget to spellcheck!
Ah, somone catches the GrammarFairy at its own game! It looks like the dust works, good job!
Still, I'm not sure what source you're finding your definition for homonym. Here's some help from Dictionary.com:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=homonym&r =67
-GrammarFairy
Clearly this was just a quick followup, but I thought you might appreciate a little tip and a pneumonic.
You said, "Yep you're answer is better than..."
In that sentence, you mixed up the common homonyms (sound alikes) "your" and "you're".
The word "you're" is a contraction for "you are", and hence isn't the right one for this sentence. The easiest way to remember it until its habit is to substitute the full phrase in your (not you're!) sentence, and see if it works:
"Yep you are answer is better than..."
That makes it clear that the word you're (you are!) looking for is "your".
Good luck, and here's some GrammarFairy dust for you:
Hi Pirhana, take a bite out of this one:
The word "loose" means "not tight" or "to set free". The word you're looking for is "lose", which means "to not win (a game)".
An easy way to remember this is that 'lose lost an o to loose, who was set loose.'
Unless you meant to imply that Microsoft should "set the case free"? Just kidding.
Happy typing!
GrammarFairy dust for you:,.'"`~'.~'".,~',.
-GrammarFairy
You can never tell when your latest comment is going to get you those mod points, can you? Good grammar is a habit worth forming, and you're almost there, SargeZT. Just one sentence, two problems:
I mean, come on, who want's an FM Radio in there MP3 Player?
Everybody wants an apostrophe Needs, we all got needs[sic]. But "want's"? Nope, nobody has those. Apostrophes indicate posession or contraction. Wants is a tricky one, because its a transitive verb (taking 'an FM Radio' as its object), so if you're having trouble determining if you 'posess' that want, that's why. No matter your desire, "wants" (no apostrophe) is the word you want here.
Their, there. There is a second 'whoops' in there, and it's (can you guess it?) 'there'. The classic tricky triplet of there, their, and they're trips up a lot of typists. Specific to your case is the word for "belonging to them": their. An easy way to remember it is to think about Individuals (note the i) owning things, hence you need a their with an 'i'.
Oooh my. Grammar Fairy says you need to break that up. Long sentences are typical of passion-filled statements written in the heat of the moment. However, the more grammatical rules you ignore, the fewer people read your comments. Let me help you out here:
Your first sentence will be clearer if it is broken into two, since it really needs two verbs:
It is immoral, unethical, but sadly not illegal. In fact, it is legal, and the law of the land.
See how we used bold for emphasis? Most people recommend italics, but bold also works well, and is more in keeping with the style of your original post.
Now, the run-on sentence. Lets take this in chunks again:
Our elected, paid officials have stood up for the rights of those that put them in office, and made a broad statement.
That's a good opener, shorter and easier to digest. I corrected payed vs paid. That's an easy mistake to make, pay is one of those special cases you just have to watch out for. Still, its a good one to know, because if you send your editor a note saying, "When do I get payed?", she's likely to write the response on a small pink slip. On to the next part.
That statement is that the average netizine is a hacker, a thief, a terrorist supporter, against the american way, and hate god.
Again, notice the bold for emphasis, it helps bring out your two large points. I think you got 'netzine' (a web location, like Wired) confused with 'netizen', so I fixed that as well.
In addition, they claim that most of us are sexual deviants in some way or the spam would not be so very bad.
Here, I've included the pronoun 'they' to remind our readers who we're talking about, and reworded 'soo bad' to 'so very bad', as stretching words doesn't usually add to understanding. Now for the final one:
They want us to believe that if we will just step aside and let the goverment and the corporations "fix" things for us everything will get better. Or at least people will stop complaining so much.
Again, I included the pronoun to really drive home that we're talking about someone else, and that someone else is our elected officials. You may note that corporations (plural) is generally used with 'government' to make it clear that you're not talking about any one corporation, but all of them in general.
Lastly, I broke out your conjunction into a new sentence starting with 'at least', which conveys the same meaning as AND/OR, but is much more readable. Also, since it is short, it makes a much stronger ending.
Here's the reworked comment in its entirety:
It is immoral, unethical, but sadly not illegal. In fact, it is legal, and the law of the land. Our elected, paid officials have stood up for the rights of those that put them in office, and made a broad statement. That statement is that the average netizine is a hacker, a thief, a terrorist supporter, against the american way, and hate god. In addition, they claim that most of us are sexual deviants in some way or the spam would not be so very bad.
They want us to believe that if we will just step aside and let the goverment and the corporations "fix" things for us everything will get better. Or at least people will stop complaining so much.
Finally, note my use of a paragraph break to separate the politicians' belief about the netizens from their wishes for the netizens' beliefs. This is a subtle difference, and breaking it into two paragraphs helps clue the reader into the notion that they're separate points, and makes it easier to re-read sections of your post.
Hopefully this has helped your understanding of grammar and some approaches to writing styles. Next time you're flaming from the hip, try putting these ideas to use! I think you'll be suprised how the combination of passionate words with clear understanding can really make your point clear. Even when its on the top of your head.
Poor strannik. Confused by that mean old bugbear "its vs it's", and now looks silly with his article submission.
The main question with its and it's is, when it's posessive, and when to leave its apostrophe out?
First, remember that the two things that those three little letters and a possible apostrophe can represent are a posessive (something belonging to it) or a contraction for "it is".
Once you know that, this little mnemonic will help you out:
The only thing the posessive doesn't posess is an apostrophe.
Once you've remembered that, all you have to do is see if the words "it is" fit in replacement of the "its or it's" in question. If they do, it's a contraction, and you should apostrophize! If not, revoke its apostrophe and continue. Pretty soon, it's going to feel like second nature to you, and you'll wonder how you ever left a contraction without its apostrophe in the first place.
In your title, you make a pretty understandable spelling mistake with the word "wrecklessness"
The correction to your spelling is similar to the correction many people worldwide would like to make to the US government: Drop the 'W'
I can see where the idea of "wrecking" things would lead you to "wreckless" behavior, but this is incorrect. Dictionary.com lists the origin of 'reckless' (its correct spelling) as:
"Middle English reckeles, from Old English rcelas. See reg- in Indo-European Roots."
Perhaps this is a pun, GrammarFairy is often humor impaired, but I provide this information for the public benefit as well.
The spelling fairy's off today, so I'm filling in:
sleeve: The part of a shirt or blouse covering your arm. Also used to hide cards or other items in games of chance and sleight of hand presentations, leading to the phrase "something up your sleeve"
"when will PCs fulfill there promise"
The word you're looking for here is their, meaning 'belonging to them'. An easy way to remember this is "I have possessions, therefore "their" with an I is possessive."
I notice you used it correctly when you said "...link after their postings.", was this just a typo, or were you covering your bases?
Magical Grammar Dust for you:..,'"';,.';,.,`~
-GrammarFairy
Slashdot Mirror
Whoo! You need some work, and I'm not talking about dentures!
You've got one primary recurring issue, and a couple of occidental minor ones. Nothing a little grammar check can't fix, though.
The big thing today is "than/then". Here's your x-rays:
Since you have root canales than you know [...]
You can remove this but than the tooth [...]
We'll need to do a grammatical canal here, and take those things out. I've had a replacement crafted, you may have heard of it. It's the remarkable "then".
"Then" is a part of speech that belongs to the Preposition family, and is typically used to start a supplemental phrase, often found just after a conjunction.
What we've got in here, see, is "than". Than's a comparator, and needs two things to work on. Something like "your post sounds more clumsy than a drunken ogre".
Now that we have that cleared up, I think we're good for today. Oh, there's some other issues like "canales" and "brook", but I think they may be typos that will clear up on their own. We can save those for another visit if need be.
Proofread every post, and don't forget to spellcheck!
-GrammarFairy, DDS
GrammarFairy dust for you:
~.,.'"`'~.,'"'.
Whoo Whoo!
literary nazi, can I apply to be your sidekick?
-GrammarFairy
Ah, somone catches the GrammarFairy at its own game! It looks like the dust works, good job! Still, I'm not sure what source you're finding your definition for homonym. Here's some help from Dictionary.com: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=homonym&r =67
-GrammarFairy
Goombah99,
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Clearly this was just a quick followup, but I thought you might appreciate a little tip and a pneumonic.
You said, "Yep you're answer is better than..."
In that sentence, you mixed up the common homonyms (sound alikes) "your" and "you're".
The word "you're" is a contraction for "you are", and hence isn't the right one for this sentence. The easiest way to remember it until its habit is to substitute the full phrase in your (not you're!) sentence, and see if it works:
"Yep you are answer is better than
That makes it clear that the word you're (you are!) looking for is "your".
Good luck, and here's some GrammarFairy dust for you:
`.,"'.,`','",
GrammarFairy
(haha, /. pulls one on the grammar fairy: here's a formatted message in plain old text)
,.'"`~'.~'".,~',.
Hi Pirhana, take a bite out of this one:
The word "loose" means "not tight" or "to set free". The word you're looking for is "lose", which means "to not win (a game)".
An easy way to remember this is that 'lose lost an o to loose, who was set loose.'
Unless you meant to imply that Microsoft should "set the case free"? Just kidding.
Happy typing!
GrammarFairy dust for you:
-GrammarFairy
Hi Pirhana, take a bite out of this one: The word "loose" means "not tight" or "to set free". The word you're looking for is "lose", which means "to not win (a game)". An easy way to remember this is that 'lose lost an o to loose, who was set loose.' Unless you meant to imply that Microsoft should "set the case free"? Just kidding. Happy typing! GrammarFairy dust for you: ,.'"`~'.~'".,~',.
-GrammarFairy
You can never tell when your latest comment is going to get you those mod points, can you? Good grammar is a habit worth forming, and you're almost there, SargeZT. Just one sentence, two problems:
I mean, come on, who want's an FM Radio in there MP3 Player?
Everybody wants an apostrophe
Needs, we all got needs[sic]. But "want's"? Nope, nobody has those. Apostrophes indicate posession or contraction. Wants is a tricky one, because its a transitive verb (taking 'an FM Radio' as its object), so if you're having trouble determining if you 'posess' that want, that's why. No matter your desire, "wants" (no apostrophe) is the word you want here.
Their, there.
There is a second 'whoops' in there, and it's (can you guess it?) 'there'. The classic tricky triplet of there, their, and they're trips up a lot of typists. Specific to your case is the word for "belonging to them": their. An easy way to remember it is to think about Individuals (note the i) owning things, hence you need a their with an 'i'.
GrammarFairy dust for you:
~`.,.,'"`~,,.','~"
-GrammarFairy
Given your chosen profession, it may interest you to hear that the correct spelling for someone who lies a lot is "liar".
This is an easy mistake to make, given the root word lie. Unfortunately, its just one of those things in English that you'll just have to remember.
Good luck, and GrammarFairy dust for you:
~`,.,~"'.,`~.,."
GrammarFairy
Your first sentence will be clearer if it is broken into two, since it really needs two verbs:
It is immoral, unethical, but sadly not illegal. In fact, it is legal, and the law of the land.
See how we used bold for emphasis? Most people recommend italics, but bold also works well, and is more in keeping with the style of your original post.
Now, the run-on sentence. Lets take this in chunks again:
Our elected, paid officials have stood up for the rights of those that put them in office, and made a broad statement.
That's a good opener, shorter and easier to digest. I corrected payed vs paid. That's an easy mistake to make, pay is one of those special cases you just have to watch out for. Still, its a good one to know, because if you send your editor a note saying, "When do I get payed?", she's likely to write the response on a small pink slip. On to the next part.
That statement is that the average netizine is a hacker, a thief, a terrorist supporter, against the american way, and hate god.
Again, notice the bold for emphasis, it helps bring out your two large points. I think you got 'netzine' (a web location, like Wired) confused with 'netizen', so I fixed that as well.
In addition, they claim that most of us are sexual deviants in some way or the spam would not be so very bad.
Here, I've included the pronoun 'they' to remind our readers who we're talking about, and reworded 'soo bad' to 'so very bad', as stretching words doesn't usually add to understanding. Now for the final one:
They want us to believe that if we will just step aside and let the goverment and the corporations "fix" things for us everything will get better. Or at least people will stop complaining so much.
Again, I included the pronoun to really drive home that we're talking about someone else, and that someone else is our elected officials. You may note that corporations (plural) is generally used with 'government' to make it clear that you're not talking about any one corporation, but all of them in general.
Lastly, I broke out your conjunction into a new sentence starting with 'at least', which conveys the same meaning as AND/OR, but is much more readable. Also, since it is short, it makes a much stronger ending.
Here's the reworked comment in its entirety:
Finally, note my use of a paragraph break to separate the politicians' belief about the netizens from their wishes for the netizens' beliefs. This is a subtle difference, and breaking it into two paragraphs helps clue the reader into the notion that they're separate points, and makes it easier to re-read sections of your post.
Hopefully this has helped your understanding of grammar and some approaches to writing styles. Next time you're flaming from the hip, try putting these ideas to use! I think you'll be suprised how the combination of passionate words with clear understanding can really make your point clear. Even when its on the top of your head.
GrammarFairy dust for you:
'..,".'"..,".,",.'
The main question with its and it's is, when it's posessive, and when to leave its apostrophe out?
First, remember that the two things that those three little letters and a possible apostrophe can represent are a posessive (something belonging to it) or a contraction for "it is".
Once you know that, this little mnemonic will help you out:
The only thing the posessive doesn't posess is an apostrophe.
Once you've remembered that, all you have to do is see if the words "it is" fit in replacement of the "its or it's" in question. If they do, it's a contraction, and you should apostrophize! If not, revoke its apostrophe and continue. Pretty soon, it's going to feel like second nature to you, and you'll wonder how you ever left a contraction without its apostrophe in the first place.
Magical Grammar Fairy Dust for you:
GrammarFairy
In your title, you make a pretty understandable spelling mistake with the word "wrecklessness"
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The correction to your spelling is similar to the correction many people worldwide would like to make to the US government: Drop the 'W'
I can see where the idea of "wrecking" things would lead you to "wreckless" behavior, but this is incorrect. Dictionary.com lists the origin of 'reckless' (its correct spelling) as:
"Middle English reckeles, from Old English rcelas. See reg- in Indo-European Roots."
Perhaps this is a pun, GrammarFairy is often humor impaired, but I provide this information for the public benefit as well.
Grammar Fairy Dust for you:
-GrammarFairy
"...with GPL software its less likely..."
..."
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These two words, it's and its, are one of the trickiest in the English language. Here's a little mnemonic that may help:
Posessive "its" doesn't posess an apostrophe.
Using this little phrase, you can tell that your usage above is a contraction (it is less likely...), and hence should read:
"...with GPL software it's less likely
Magic Grammar Dust for you:
The spelling fairy's off today, so I'm filling in:
sleeve: The part of a shirt or blouse covering your arm. Also used to hide cards or other items in games of chance and sleight of hand presentations, leading to the phrase "something up your sleeve"
sleave: A fine thread or skein of thread.
Magical fairy dust for you:
'..~`,.,"`~.,'"'.,,.
-GrammarFairy
"when will PCs fulfill there promise" The word you're looking for here is their, meaning 'belonging to them'. An easy way to remember this is "I have possessions, therefore "their" with an I is possessive." I notice you used it correctly when you said "...link after their postings.", was this just a typo, or were you covering your bases? Magical Grammar Dust for you: ..,'"';,.';,.,`~
-GrammarFairy