September 14, 2004
12:18 PM

Ellipsisesees


In light of being a "math and science guy", I think I have good spelling and grammar skills. There are way too many people on the internet these days who can't put together a damn sentence. Hell, I've even seen manufactured products with glaring spelling mistakes. Talk about no QA! I'm not claiming that my punctuation and grammar are flawless, but let's review a few things.

You're = contraction for "you are"
your = possessive, as in "That is your fucking problem"
ur = I don't care how cute this looks on an internet post. It's not "you are" and it's not "your". It's "urrrr", and it's not a fucking word.

it's = "it is"
its = possessive, as in "The dog licked its balls." You don't put an apostrophe here for the same reason you don't put one in "his" and "hers".

there = a location
their = possessive
they're = "they are"
An example that uses all three: "They're overe there, showing each other their vaginal rashes."

Some general rules:

  • Typing in ALL CAPS implies that you're SCREAMING! If you're too lazy to use your keyboard's shift keys, then at least leave your caps lock off.
  • If you type a long piece and don't put in paragraph breaks, people will skip reading it.
  • Don't...overuse...the damn...ellipsis...(those three dots)...Because...there are other forms...of punctuation...out there...and if you only use...the ellipsis...it looks like I'm reading...stock market...quotes.

    Now the following examples are obscure, but something I myself kept messing up on until I went to the dictionary this morning and straightened it all out once and for all.

    ellipse = an oval
    ellipsis = ...
    ellipses (pronounced "ee - LIP - sez") = more than one oval
    ellipses (pronounced "ee - LIP - seeze") = more than one ellipsis

    And one final note: as I was reviewing some resumes in the last week or two, and found a guy who instead of having skills with a "Data Pool", had skills with a "Data Poo". Sometimes a spell checker just isn't enough.

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