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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:17 PM
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The crux of the biscuit is the APOSTROPHE
Plural noun = yaks, as in "I sure miss all those threads about yaks in the Lounge."

Possessive noun = yak's, as in "ZombyWoof is an asshole, but he thinks he is the yak's pajamas."

Your = as in "Your asscrack is showing, matcom."

You're = you are, as in "You're a real threadjacking pro, GOPisEvil."

Its = as in "That yak has its fur caught in the refrigerator door again."

It's = it is, as in "It's the yak's mess, he should clean it up so the other yaks don't step in it."

Master the apostrophe, people. It isn't that hard.

I have other peeves, but this will do for a few minutes or so.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:18 PM
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1. just watch out where the huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow
:)
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:21 PM
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2. Bring the slippers, fido......
Ain't this boogie a mess?
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:23 PM
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3. and a pair of zircon-encrusted tweezers
Gimme your lighter.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:25 PM
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5. Hmmm....No foolin'?
Would y'all like some more-a? Right here on the flora?
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:27 PM
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7. how's your aura, Dora?
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:31 PM
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8. It's real angora!
Edited on Mon May-24-04 10:31 PM by RandomKoolzip
Seriously, how do you get past the fifth grade and NOT reatin the information re: punctuation and spelling which you outlined above? It's like people are PURPOSEFULLY not retaining valuable information. What are they replacing it with, sports statistics? Zappa trivia?
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:39 PM
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10. Zappa trivia IS valuable
Everything else is shit. :-)
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blackcat77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:24 PM
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4. I can get it all but "its" and "it's"
That one messes me up every time.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:26 PM
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6. try this
After you type your sentence, read it back saying "it is" in place of "its" or "it's", and if it makes sense, it keeps the apostrophe. :-)
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indigobusiness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:34 PM
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9. "Simonize your baby
with a Hershey's candy bar."
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:42 PM
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11. Aw, your not a grump. Its just that your grumpy, ZombyWolf.
I look forward to hearing you're other pet peeve's.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 10:52 PM
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12. let's add one more
Whose = as in, "Whose yaks keep pooping on my lawn?"

Who's = who is, as in "I don't know who's worse, Morrissey or Andrew Lloyd Webber. A pox on both of them for all time."
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:25 AM
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13. "a lot" is two words
"Prolly" is not a word.

Kiddie-car shopping carts are a nuisance to courteous shoppers - they take up way too much aisle space.

Learn to merge onto the interstate.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:27 AM
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15. I fucking hate "prolly"... and "NE1" and all other sound-alike
shortcuts. U no wht I mean?
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:29 AM
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18. U R sooo rite!
:D
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 07:46 PM
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34. You prolly think I'm annoying then.
ppl r funnay like that.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:26 AM
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14. ahhhhh, Zombies prophecies
:P
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:28 AM
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17. your asscrack is showing!
:P
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:29 AM
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19. oh yea? YOU'RE YAK
food :D
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:31 AM
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22. May a thousand Phoenix summers
infest your yak hut! :D
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:33 AM
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24. NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
you shouldn't wish that on ANYONE!

i'd piss on Phoenix if i didn't think it would cause minor street flooding :D
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:36 AM
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25. no danger of that
Your piss would EVAPORATE before it could hit the asphalt.

I shit you not, people have been hospitalized for suffering second degree burns falling face down on the concrete. Sandals melt!

It's hell, I say. x(
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:28 AM
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16. And never, ever use apostrophes for plurals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That one always invokes Pagerrage!
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:30 AM
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21. YES!!!
Fully agree. I omitted that example.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:29 AM
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20. WhAt`S ThE De4l \/\/|th P30p|3 Wh0 tyPe Li |{e Th|s
Edited on Tue May-25-04 08:31 AM by arwalden
It's just stupid!

-- Allen
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 07:43 PM
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31. 31337
:)
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:33 AM
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23. It sounds like
you need to visit the Kingdom of Anglophonia, found posted in the meeting room.

Here's a snip:

Eat Kids!
(Or, the issue of the disappearing comma of direct address. This section is the contribution of the Queen of Anglophonia, whom this error upsets exceedingly.)
Pooh, you say, who cares about the comma of direct address anymore? Who even cares what it is (or was)? Everyone knows what is meant by a sign reading "Go team!" or "Happy Birthday Mom!" True. But a missing comma of direct address could have dire consequences.

For example, in my heading, the command "Eat kids!" is telling people to devour little children. But if I write "Eat, kids!" I am telling the children to nourish themselves.

Likewise, the statements above should read "Go, team!" and "Happy Birthday, Mom!"

In the future, gentle readers, please ask the cake decorator to take an extra second and add that little dab of icing that will mark you as a literate party-giver. Your more educated guests will be filled with admiration before they fill their stomachs with cake.

http://www.dvorkin.com/essays/anglophonia/a15.htm

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=111x23351
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 08:55 AM
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26. i'm on the national peever register
i have accepted my flaw's and shortage of time to care all that much.

if you kept to serving coffee you wouldn't notice and, i wouldn't have to hear your mouth.


( :loveya: :hi: :bounce: :hug: :loveya: )
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 07:27 PM
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27. I must fulfill my destiny as a grump
If nothing else. (and you put an apostrophe in 'flaws' just to drive me crazy didn't you?) :hug: :loveya: :hi: :hangover: :donut: :bounce:
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 07:40 PM
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28. I think you mean 'crazier.'
Edited on Tue May-25-04 07:41 PM by SOteric






:loveya: :hug: :loveya:
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 07:45 PM
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32. LOL
Another winning graphic!

And I missed where Skinner said what he did in your sig line, but that sure is funny as hell (and true!). :D
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 07:53 PM
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35. It's in ATA
in a thread about slogans for DU. :7
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 07:42 PM
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29. Someone has got to teach me how to make quiche.
...
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 07:42 PM
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30. 'Got any jello?
:shrug:

;)

:hug:
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 07:46 PM
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33. NyQuil-flavored!
An idea whose time has come! :hi:
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