There, their, and they're

puffenuff

puffenuff

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There - "there is" and "over there." This spelling is used when referring to a place/location and when used to indicate something exists.

Their - "their weed is better than yours." Used to indicate possession, that something belongs to them.

They're - "they're late." A contraction of "they are."

Too many stoners don't know the difference. This is second grade knowledge folks. Don't be dumber than a second grader.
 
Urca

Urca

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hahah kinda is slang, however, there are no slang words for the multiple versions of the word "There."
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

bud bootlegger
hey op, you also left out your and you're as well... they get mixed up plenty of times around here as well..
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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Chronic Monster said:
I think most people know the difference, but when someone is all baked sometimes the old brain inserts the wrong one, come on guys this is a pot site not an English site ;)
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i don't like to use the fact that i smoke bud as an excuse for my not knowing the english language, granted, i may make more typos stoned, but i still have a general grasp of the english language, stoned or not..
 
Chronic Monster

Chronic Monster

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I have a great grasp of the English language, but this isn't a college paper so if I want to type isnt... who freaking cares?

racerboy71 said:
hey op, you also left out your and you're as well... they get mixed up plenty of times around here as well..
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Same with this, most people probably know the difference....
I frequently will type your instead of you're, because its less letters to type when Im on my I phone.
(wait do I need to put I'm, so everyone will know what I'm talking about,cause some people can't desern between Im and I'm :D cause apparently we are now being graded on our grammatical skills.)
kinda like typing u instead of you.

Yes I realize you is not spelled u ;)

I also realize I didnt put a period and the end of that last sentence, and I didnt put a ' in my didn't
& I dont care :D
 
Chronic Monster

Chronic Monster

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cannabutt said:
If you can read what's the problem? Most people can read broken english.
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No shit....seriously... its like if you subsitute U for you... all of a sudden nobody knows what the fuck you're saying.
No shit....seriously... its like if you subsitute U for you... all of a sudden nobody knows what the fuck youre saying.
No shit....seriously... its like if you subsitute U for you... all of a sudden nobody knows what the fuck your saying.

Is everyone so dumb they need everything written perfectly to understand.... :D
the fact that im stoned doesn't make me stupider, I just could care less when I read a typo/incorrect use of the word, my brain automatically fills in the correct word..
if this was college, well then it would be a different world. or hell if this was a forum for english teachers, (do I need to capitalize English, so you can understand?)
 
Chronic Monster

Chronic Monster

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If someones typing skills bothers you, just use the ignore feature :)

"Their iz a huege difrence beetwen sum1 who tipes lik dis and sum1 who reverses their and there, I dont kare ether way. if wat they post iz worth readin I wil tak da time 2 decipher it, or iz put dem on ignore soo I dont hav to lok.. butt i ain't going to make a bigg deal bout it, kause who da fuck kares"
 
drew420fuckyou

drew420fuckyou

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I typically spell pretty well and use the correct forms of words, but I have to admit when baked I give way less of a fuck and end up debating whether or not I feel like fixing any mistakes before I hit send or reply.
 
The*Mad*Hatter

The*Mad*Hatter

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DUDES!!!!!!! I have the worst grammar and spelling of any person i know, spell check is my second wife....i get their there and all those other words mixed up all the damn time....saying that....I didn't come to RIU to go to english class! i hate it when people respond to my question's by saying, "hey dont you mean this instead of that"!!!!!! god i would rather run my leg over with my truck then go back to english class!!!! STOP CORRECTING ME ON HERE...you have zero impact on helping my grammar! I'm not sorry this annoys you, this is RIU.... not mrs.Brown's class........god i hated that fat ol' lady...smelled like a dusty old fart all the time
 
Total Head

Total Head

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the problem is that people don't care about details. it's not that they are illiterate, they are just plain fucking lazy. what these people need to realize is that for a literate person who reads by glancing and not sounding out each individual word, they have just made it so the reader has to read what they said 4 times. some people actually put MORE effort into writing foolishness than they would to just type normally. i don't mean common misspellings and goofy grammar errors, i mean seriously fucked attempts to communicate a thought.

for all you lazy writers, is consider whether the following is appropriate:
if u c4n r34d this u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d

i realize that's not exactly the same but it is similar in the respect that most literate people have to read it slowly and more than once because it's NOT FUCKING ENGLISH. it just doesn't read well, just like mangled grammar, and has to be read a couple times. i largely ignore capitalization on the forums but things like punctuation and spelling of certain words DO make a difference. are we or are we not attempting to communicate? paragraphs with 20 lines and not a single punctuation mark simply do not communicate anything at all. to the mad hatter, i was able to understand every thought you communicated. mission accomplished. not everyone's thoughts are so easy to decipher. /rant
 
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