And yes, my use of punctuation and Capitals in that post left much room for improvement, LOL

I am being serious, but my mental decline with my old age is an issue.
So an
example would be appreciated!

Then there is further vs farther. It's also surprising how frequently you will hear the t in often.

OK- goggled it and got it!
Just can't remember the last time I needed to save a key stroke like that.
Example saving one key stroke to tell my daughter,"You are the best mom , ever" .
The abbreviated form would seem less sincere.

Yeah ,had a mental lapse there the more I think of examples.
Just don't think I haved used you're, since high school.

Tennants??

As I stated, looked up lesson and learned.
Way before teacher showed up.
Asshole -your lesson for today!

I could care less.

Honestly this is all a mute point.

That one drives me insane.

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Originally posted by sigalert:
I could care less.

Its is a possessive, e.g., "A cat has claws at the end of its paws." It's is a contraction of "it is." Before you write the word, visualize how it would fit in your sentence.

I'm seeing less of ordinance as weaponry or munitions instead of ordnance. Maybe I'm getting through.

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Originally posted by skeptic:
Isn't your, the ages old replacement of you're.
can"t remember seeing You're, in ages if ever.
Is there an appropriate use of You're, uniquely?
not being a smartass, but, curious?

It has been pointed out that my sarcasm meter needed adjustment, but based on your last sentence I’ll assume you are serious.

“You’re” is a contraction for “you are”. (Could have been used in my last sentence above).

My grammar terms knowledge sucks, so I’ll probably mangle this a bit, but “Your” is an adjective specifying possession. Whose post am I replying to? I am replying to your post.

The first “you’re” is a contraction combining the verb “are” and the subject “you”. The second “your” is an adjective specifying that whatever noun it is referring to belongs to you. “your car,” “your life,” “your post.”

Hopefully Miss Ellie Eakins (May she Rest In Peace) never sees this. She’d not be impressed by how little of her High School Grammar class I retained.

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Originally posted by cslinger:
Honestly this is all a mute point.

That one drives me insane.

I use it a lot, intentionally. I hate the word "moot."

A more appropriate use is mute. If I tell you that your point is mute, I am intentionally stating that your point is without voice. Moot has a different connotation, and had I chosen to use it, I would have.

In context, the use of "mute" in the sentence, "that is a mute point," is not incorrect. It's entertaining when someone is quick to say, "you can't say that: you must say, "moot."

It's almost as though someone else insists that I use their words, as though they ought speak for me. If I tell you that your point is mute, I mean mute, and not moot. I am telling you that your point lacks voice, is silent in its effort, and means nothing to me.

Misuse of advice vs. advise is annoying. Let me give you some advise.

That's not nearly as annoying as asking for a couple of hamburgers, only to hear, "so how many is that?"

More than one, less than three.

To me tenants, tenets and tents are all sort of the same in that you're bound to find yourself pitching one sooner or later.

Well, since we're on English lesson, might as well throw these out there. Why do folks write defiantly, when it should be definitely? Or, using the word fitment when talking about fitting parts?

Tennis?

Ten ants ?

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fitment

FWIW, I could swear that came from Brit automotive and motorcycle magazines. Or, I guess I should say, I picked it up from Performance Bikes.

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:

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fitment

FWIW, I could swear that came from Brit automotive and motorcycle magazines. Or, I guess I should say, I picked it up from Performance Bikes.

It is British, in use since the mid 1850's, but may not mean what some think it means.

Fitment refers to something installed or something with which an item is equipped.

The dusl safety on that model 1911 is standard fitment.