There, Their They're

There, Their, They're.

There - not Here.

Their - its their's and not yours.

They're - means - They Are.

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Loose - not tight.
Lose - as in - you cannot find it.
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From recent conversations and tutorial videos on graphic design. I present 'lasso'. pronounced 'lassu'.
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Say oooooo? Who? Yes, I said oooo!
Lasso - Say  LASS -OOO  Not Lass 'O' like boy-'O' or mothe 'o' mine.
 (Its not lassow) Its 'ooo'. as in - the 'ooo' sound an owl makes, or when a cow goes (m)oo!

As described and mispronounced by many a fool in graphics tools -
I mean, how long will it be before we have the next generation telling older folk, how they say, it should be pronounced. Like the 11 and 23 year olds recently telling me what a LassO tools is; Like I am some old fart who cannot understand technical stuff. They of course missed the point because I did not understand their use of the word because they were pronouncing it incorrectly.

Its a Lassoooooooo As in Get a rope on that horse. Spelt Lasso - pronounced Lassooooo.

OMG even the speaking dictionary cannot get this one right. Is there any hope for anyone when this happens? Are we to start believing the speaking dictionary becasue they have it wrong too?

Its lassooo with a distinct 'ooo' sound on the end, like saying 'SUE', is the correct way to say it.
Even when talking about the lasso tool in a graphics program, lassooooo is the correct way to say it.

Even the past tense version of this word backs up what I say, about the 'oooed' (Like in Dr Who, and the Ooed race of aliens. 'I will lasso the horse', 'He lassoed' the horse'.

catch (an animal) with a lasso.

"at last his father lassoed the horse"

-My ref - Its an original Spanish term or word. Sometimes written Laseu the French /Spanish le'su
ləˈsuː,ˈlasəʊ as the 'ou' or 'ooo' sound is prominent! No 'O' as in 'Go'.
Spanish people I used to stay with who had been horse breeders for centuries said lassoooo. Plus all the old spaghetti-westerns and John Wayne movies I used to watch as a kid. Said Lassooo!

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Quashed and Squashed are TWO different things!
I Squashed the cake flat, as I sat on it.

When I questioned the validity of the parking fine, the judge ordered it QUASHED.
Which meant that I didn't have to pay the fine. It was QUASHED - not SQUASHED!

reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure.

"his conviction was quashed on appeal"

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Literally, don't use it, in case you abuse it!

Everyone's picking on Grandma!





AndyGold.

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Which Witch is it?

Hi, Wot-Ever, Do eye luk bovvered?

Well you might look bothered if you described yourself as the wrong witch.

"I am the one WHICH saw the WITCH first".

OR

"I am the one WITCH who saw WHICH WITCH"?

AndyGold.

There Their They're - Sorry to upset you!

Hi, Look, THERE it is over there!

It belongs to them, it is THEIR property, and if you touch it again, THEY'RE going to stick THEIR boots up your. Ah ha, I see now. (interrupting quickly).

THERE - is a place!

Their - when it is not yours and it belongs to them!

They're - is that THEY (ARE) ARE - 're - (THEY-ARE) They're.

They're going to be late!

There - Their - They're, - sorry to upset you!

AndyGold.

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Punctuation?"";:,'!' Full STOP and speech marks.

Punctuation?"";:,'!' Full STOP and speech marks.

Learn about punctuation, just a basic knowledge of punctuation can lift your writing and articles out of the loopy bin! Punctuation?"";:,'!'

He said, "Speech marks go on the outside of a sentence, to encompass the capital letter at the start and the FULL STOP at the end."

Simply learning that a full stop comes at the end of a sentence is not enough. When putting speech marks, he said; "Put a capital letter at the start of the sentence and then a full stop at the end. If the speech continues with another sentence, don't use the closing speech marks till the speaker has finished talking. Then finally; after the last full stop, you can close the speech marks."

He continued; "A second paragraph, would need a new starting speech mark, otherwise known as a 'quotation mark'. From then on the rule repeats!" I see this all the time, and have done it myself, the after-thought being the spelling and lastly the punctuation. However, forgetting spelling for the draft is fine, since this can easily be taken up by an automatic spelling checker before publishing.

Spelling checkers work better than the eye, because I think we fool our conscious mind to see the word we want, even if we know the right spelling and see the wrongly spelt word, we don't see the miss-spelling! A spell-checker is basically a robot and it will check every word against a set of known spellings.

A robotic spell-checker is limited in that, it does not always choose the right spelling if a similar word is spelled out, that has a different meaning! Shall I use RIGHT or WRITE, either or ither word has different meanings and implications but are spelled correctly! Unless you have a really fancy spell checker with a grammatical routine, that has been taught or programmed with common uses and miss-uses, you will come across these correct spellings but with wrong use of the term or spelling.

Anywho. Speaking propper like what I does do, you shouldn't worry too much about it, other people can see the error of your ways. Unless you are writing (and hopefully not righting), a term paper or specialised report, technical or medical journal, or likewise, (where you should know your grammar), you will be ok!

To put your mind at ease; many world renowned inventors, thinkers, business people, teachers and multi-millionaires cannot spell or write with the correct punctuation and grammar. So go easy on yourself! I have only mentioned this to help and remind you, (and myself), about the correct uses of writing!

ERROR! - He said, "Please don't do this"! and "Please don't do this".
CORRECT! He said, "Please do this!" and "Please do this."



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AndyGold
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First Post - The Last Stand!

I will be making a study, for those people like me, who are unsure on the proper spelling and grammar in the English language! It is mostly a blog for myself and for my kids, but I decided to do my research this way, so that it may be of use to others too.

There should be no judgements made on one's intelligence, just because a person has many faults with spellings and grammar of their own language. I have two degrees and I have always struggled with essays and articles! Not the content, not the drafting and layout, not the flow or understandability. Just the final spelling and grammar!

So, by way of self-help, I am writing this blog.

I hope this blog will be informative, you never know what you will learn. Sometimes the obvious is elusive and we often worry needlessly about preparing and presenting our work, solely because we think or know that our grammar and spelling will make us look like an idiot.

So, here's my first rule for getting past the starting post!
If you just simply write without worrying about the grammar and spelling, you will get a better flow. Just write the article for yourself in the first instance. Imagine that it is, 'for your eyes only'.

The spelling is the easy part, as you can use a spell checker or a dictionary.
The grammar is a separate issue, I will put down my thoughts and observations in future posts!

Take this LAST STAND, against you fear of writing, and get past this first post.
AndyGold.
http://languages-andygold.blogspot.com/

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