Comments on: Dennis Kneale Is Right, Except in His English Usage http://grammarsource.com/2009/07/07/dennis-kneale-is-right-except-in-his-english-usage/ Bring your curiosity and questions about English and let's find answers Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:37:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Grammar Guyhttp://grammarsource.com/2009/07/07/dennis-kneale-is-right-except-in-his-english-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Grammar Guy Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:58:33 +0000 http://grammarsource.com/?p=486#comment-370 Yeah, it's would be like hi's when used as a possessive pronoun. I taught this stuff for more than ten years to college students and never found a way to get people to remember the difference. People are stubborn in their mistakes.Another biggie is their for they're. To be honest, when I'm writing, I often type the wrong it's or its and their or they're (the latter much less frequently), but the point is to go back and proofread the stuff and correct it. Yeah, it’s would be like hi’s when used as a possessive pronoun. I taught this stuff for more than ten years to college students and never found a way to get people to remember the difference. People are stubborn in their mistakes.

Another biggie is their for they’re. To be honest, when I’m writing, I often type the wrong it’s or its and their or they’re (the latter much less frequently), but the point is to go back and proofread the stuff and correct it.

]]> By: dennis knealehttp://grammarsource.com/2009/07/07/dennis-kneale-is-right-except-in-his-english-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-369 dennis kneale Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:50:26 +0000 http://grammarsource.com/?p=486#comment-369 actally i DID indeed mean homoerotic: these guys are at once gay bashers but then also saying things akin to "suck my..." which is h'erotic. but i DO wish i'd used your better word for more of those comments, homophobic would have been a great paired alliteration: "homoerotic and homophobic comments."thanks for noticing. now if you could please help me teach the world the difference between it's and its. at forbes i told my writers---who never got it right---to just always write "it is" and they'd be fine. dk actally i DID indeed mean homoerotic: these guys are at once gay bashers but then also saying things akin to “suck my…” which is h’erotic. but i DO wish i’d used your better word for more of those comments, homophobic would have been a great paired alliteration: “homoerotic and homophobic comments.”

thanks for noticing. now if you could please help me teach the world the difference between it’s and its. at forbes i told my writers—who never got it right—to just always write “it is” and they’d be fine. dk

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