I don't normally go back and reread my blogs, but for some reason the web sent someone to one of my earlier blogs and I was curious to see what they had searched for. Reading the blog I started to laugh, I had used their incorrectly three times (along with other grammatical errors, but who is counting.)
I remember my boss laughing at me asking me if I knew the difference between there/their and I was so incensed that he would think I didn't know the difference. However; it does appear that I do tend to use it incorrectly and it isn't just there/their and they're, I also seem to do to/too/two incorrectly too. I found once I had written two for to, but I know the difference between those three words also. The words I don't seem to get, no matter how hard I try is then/than. I have been told numerous times when to use then and than, but I just don't get it. There are other words that I mix up, but those seem to be the most obvious.
I don't proof read these blogs before I post, so please forgive the errors. (Even if I did proof read, I pretty sure I wouldn't find the errors anyway. I am pretty blind to grammar and spelling - forgive me.)
I remember my boss laughing at me asking me if I knew the difference between there/their and I was so incensed that he would think I didn't know the difference. However; it does appear that I do tend to use it incorrectly and it isn't just there/their and they're, I also seem to do to/too/two incorrectly too. I found once I had written two for to, but I know the difference between those three words also. The words I don't seem to get, no matter how hard I try is then/than. I have been told numerous times when to use then and than, but I just don't get it. There are other words that I mix up, but those seem to be the most obvious.
I don't proof read these blogs before I post, so please forgive the errors. (Even if I did proof read, I pretty sure I wouldn't find the errors anyway. I am pretty blind to grammar and spelling - forgive me.)
I'm fine with their/they're/there, but I get "affect" and "effect" messed up WAY too often. As a ballet lover, I know how to navigate the "Two/To/Too/Tu-Tu" path, but "spellcheck" sometimes screws things up when I'm in a hurry.
ReplyDeleteThere are a number of words which spell check will replace & you have to be careful to not get caught up in the "helpful computer".
Do you need a written statement of foregiveness on your errors? Since you made the error of marrying an unrepentant buffoon/child/tasteless humorist, I suspect most folks will accept you venial sins & forgive them.
We could go see the new movie "The Priest" and see about absolution for sins or somessuch.
They tried two times to spell tu-tu too, but their fingers were unable to affect their ultimate effect
On forgiveness:
ReplyDelete1. Everyone makes those same mistakes when trying to type as fast as he/she thinks.
2. In the world of the web, grammatical errors in email are automatically forgiven. It's a rule.
On then/than:
Then is time related. Than is a comparison. (I think that works.)