There, Their, They're

[LimeSlice]

It's a fine line though.... nearly all of us break grammatical rules of English to avoid sounding like a prat LOL

For example... most of us don't use the word "whom" we just use "who" instead even though "who" is meant to be reserved for a question. Most of us would say "who were you refering to?" instead "of whom were you refering?"

Ending sentences with prepositions! There are only a few that really drive me batty, "but" being a major one.
"Claire's dancing was good but." ARGH! Seriously want to scream every time.

[Glamourcide]

I love you, Lime

[*Ali*]

I have a real thing about when people don't use capital letters for name, I get really cross when I see TV shows/ movie credits or labels with peoples names and no capital letter.

[Glamourcide]

Ahh, cheers for that one, Onyx - the who/whom thing screws me up a bit, it's the only 'rule' I'm not 99% confident using on a regular basis.

[Bathsheba]

:yeahthat:

Thanks Onyx that cleared it up for me as well!

I had a sense of when I should have used "whom" but wasn't 100% certain... now I "get" it.

So should we say "whom amongst us is really good at spelling?" or "who amongst us..."? I figure "whom" because you can't substitute a s/he.

[Persephone1]

I you Bath.

[CrazyLady]

great thread. I am anal with how I use the above words. What I find hilarious is grammar. The other day someone was saying they're due out of hossie soon and her husband replies "Thank God I'm out of jocks" rather than "Thank god. I'm out of jocks" I read it as he was happy to be freeballing rather than he was out of clean underwear. it's amazing how something so snall can make a difference to the situation