Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:38 am
by Bhairav
People also seem to mix up "youre","your'e" and "you're" pretty frequently.
Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:34 pm
by ccb056
the only ones Im bad with are
:
who/whom
farther/further
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:28 am
by CDRecorder
I always have trouble with that one, even I know which one is right if I actually think about it.
Posted:
Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:22 pm
by jase
I really like that site (it's cropped up on this site before). It is very informative.
Common faults I make include "secondly" and "one-dimensional". None of us are perfect I guess
Posted:
Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:00 pm
by VEFF
The ones I see used incorrectly the most frequently are:
'its' and 'it's' (probably one of the trickiest IMO, since possessive pronouns usually end in 's; this is one of the only exceptions that I am aware of)
'then' and 'than'
'you're' and 'your'
'accept' and 'except'
the word 'none' used as a plural pronoun instead of singular.
'who' and 'whom'
Example of all of them used incorrectly in one, admittedly silly, sentence:
Its better to enjoy life more then most people, none of who seem to feel excepted by society, unless your in another country.
Posted:
Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:08 am
by dodecahedron
jase wrote:I really like that site (it's cropped up on this site before).
don't remember that.
i got the link from my sis.