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Poll: Do you know the difference between "its" and "it's"?

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Originally posted by: notfred
I'd rather have people know how to use their own language than have accurate poll results.
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Speak for yourself. The more people who screw it up, the better I look in comparison. 🙂

ZV

 
Originally posted by: McPhreak
Originally posted by: jliechty
(if you couldn't tell, this was inspired by the they're/their/there thread) 🙂
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inspired? How about plagiarized? You couldn't even come up with your own text now could you? 😉
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Haha, I just wanted to have some consistency among the various word-usage threads. 🙂
 
Yup, its won of those things you no.



(yeah, I'm really that stupid
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Originally posted by: jliechty
It seems to me like a LOT of the people on AT don't know the proper usage of words like "its" and "it's," so I decided to make a poll just to see how bad people really are in the usage of these words.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY WITH YOUR ANSWER. Do feel free to comment or bump, though. Thanks.

(if you couldn't tell, this was inspired by the they're/their/there thread) 🙂
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Yup, i know it all, but sometimes i am too tired to correct my mistakakes... thn i type stngely
 
Originally posted by: DanFungus
Yup, its won of those things you no.



(yeah, I'm really that stupid
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I would have to say that you made a few spelling mistakes in that post.. not to be mean, but you did...

Oh, i just love how most english speakers have worse spelling than i do then complain about other nationalities...

You americans are always good for a laugh!
 
Originally posted by: SnapIT
Originally posted by: DanFungus
Yup, its won of those things you no.



(yeah, I'm really that stupid
rolleye.gif
)
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I would have to say that you made a few spelling mistakes in that post.. not to be mean, but you did...

Oh, i just love how most english speakers have worse spelling than i do then complain about other nationalities...

You americans are always good for a laugh!
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wow, I hope you are being sarcastic like I was, because I think that it's pathetic that most of the people I know can't spell at least one word in every other sentence they make....god....so....PATHETIC
 
Originally posted by: SnapIT
Originally posted by: DanFungus
Yup, its won of those things you no.



(yeah, I'm really that stupid
rolleye.gif
)
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I would have to say that you made a few spelling mistakes in that post.. not to be mean, but you did...

Oh, i just love how most english speakers have worse spelling than i do then complain about other nationalities...

You americans are always good for a laugh!
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We are proud of our ignorance it keeps us away from the polls (44% LOL).... Now where did I put that flag?

 
Originally posted by: zCypher
Originally posted by: nater
Originally posted by: zCypher
This is sad.
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Yup I agree. I'm a newspaper editor, so yes I would know.
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Thankfully. However it shouldn't take a newspaper editor to tell the difference between its and it's. Maybe we have far more YOUNG members than we thought? Either that or the average Joe over here (average "anandtecher") is far less educated (or far more indolent) than the general consensus going around.
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Yeah, pretty ignorant folk. Especially those who can't comprehend that 0.999...=1.0. 🙂

But seriously I have two degrees and this is the one thing that still causes me trouble. 'Least I'm ignorant to admit it.
ps - that example sentance is pretty piss poor...sounds like some retarded redneck. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
Its/it's shouldn't really be that hard...

Now what's really hard is properly using effect/affect.
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That one is sometimes confusing...

I added an awesome effect to the sound in Premiere.

- or -

Cold temperatures can affect my ability to type well.
 
Originally posted by: DanFungus
Originally posted by: SnapIT
Originally posted by: DanFungus
Yup, its won of those things you no.



(yeah, I'm really that stupid
rolleye.gif
)
Click to expand...

I would have to say that you made a few spelling mistakes in that post.. not to be mean, but you did...

Oh, i just love how most english speakers have worse spelling than i do then complain about other nationalities...

You americans are always good for a laugh!
Click to expand...

wow, I hope you are being sarcastic like I was, because I think that it's pathetic that most of the people I know can't spell at least one word in every other sentence they make....god....so....PATHETIC
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I was being sarcastic, yet you had to ask, that makes you what?
 
Originally posted by: Carbonyl
Originally posted by: SnapIT
Originally posted by: DanFungus
Yup, its won of those things you no.



(yeah, I'm really that stupid
rolleye.gif
)
Click to expand...

I would have to say that you made a few spelling mistakes in that post.. not to be mean, but you did...

Oh, i just love how most english speakers have worse spelling than i do then complain about other nationalities...

You americans are always good for a laugh!
Click to expand...

We are proud of our ignorance it keeps us away from the polls (44% LOL).... Now where did I put that flag?
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LMAO! at least someone got my sarcasm... 🙂
 
Poll: Do you know the difference between "its" and "it's"?
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Yep, and when I write somewhere other than an informal and casual discussion forum replete with proper English like w00t! and J00!, I demontrate that I know the difference. Until then, blah....
 
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