NS Grammar Tips

will_powder

will_powder

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Grammar is definitely one of the biggest downfalls of NS. This is partly why the folks on TGR have such a low opinion of our site. Take a few seconds and refer to the guidelines below before posting.

They're, Their, and There

-They're is a contraction for they are. If you could say they are instead of they're, this is where they're should be used.

-Their refers to someone's thing. eg. This is their backpack. Here is their school. Should we go to their house?

-There- this refers to a place. I took my sister there. I once went there on a field trip.

Your and you're

-Your is possessive- Here is your backpack. No it's not mine, it's yours.

-You're is a contraction of "you are". You're stupid because you used your instead of you're.

Skis vs skies vs skiis vs ski's vs skii's

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO SPELL SKIS AND ITS SKIS.

-skies is the plural of sky

-I don't know what skiis mor skii's are.

-ski's is never to be used

Using apostrophes properly

An apostrophe is used to denote the possession of a noun

-IE Sam's bike. Ernie's cabin.

-NOT I am eating "carrot's"

It's is a contraction of it is, conversely "Its" refers to the possessive ---The bird is in its cage.

It's don't not dont.

It's a lot not alot.

I have obviously not included everything, so feel free to add to the list, but make sure you're correct before posting.

 
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But you should, i see so many grammar errors every day on here.

ESPECIALLY YOUR / YOU'RE

IT'S NOT THAT FUCKING HARD
 
I saw that as soon as I posted and I had my fingers crossed that no one would notice...apparently the first person noticed so now I'm preparing to be anally raped.
 
theyre's nothing wrong with little grammatical, mistakes on newschoolers: so long as you're message gets across, who gives; a "fuck!",

 
How about let the people who can not spell... not be able to spell/write coherent sentences. And for those that can write proper sentences, with proper grammar, and etc. be congratulated if one chooses to care.

Come on, let's be real. How many people who get criticized about their grammar actually care? Not many. I know I do, mainly because I am in high school and it is a good time to learn how to write properly and so on. But my point is, bother about yourself and your own grammar issues, barely anyone cares. The majority of people do it try to be funny or are truly interested for another persons ability to write well for some reason. YOU AREN'T ENGLISH TEACHERS LEAVE IT ALONE. Whatever, I don't understand why people care so much about others and their ability to write fluently, or not. English isn't a major issue, but I am sure I have made plenty of mistakes for you guys who have nothing better to do with your sad grammar-correcting-morons. Go ski, or do your homework.

^I am a loser, leave me alone.
 
right, they care about our grammar. TGR doesnt give two shits about that, they will lol at the tall T wearing pole-less homos on this site all day long even if you know the difference between to and too.

 
= the right ski is biggest flaw is a small core shot

but I don't really care, as long as it's understandable, whatevs
 
I know nothing about grammar I'm just going by this in the OP

It's is a contraction of it is, conversely "Its" refers to the possessive ---The bird is in its cage.
 
come on now. you're getting a little picky. i'll give you "they're, there, their", "too, two, to", and "you're, your", but do you really give a fuck if someone doesn't put an apostrophe in don't? how about capitalizing the beginning of sentences?

a lot of people post from their phone, so i think a lot of times grammatical issues get brushed aside.
 
Yeah this is true as well.

And for the people nit-picking me for hitting an accidental "m" on the word "or" just screw off.

I think that, in general, NS has the potential to house a lot of great discussion between its intelligent members, and this is currently being held back by the level of grammar used on the site today.

So it's fine to make the odd mistake here and there, but if everyone attempted to work a bit more on their grammar it'd be awesome.

We're talking your vs you're here people yeeeesh
 
this is such a weak argument. there is no way that people using the wrong your in their posts is what keeps ns from being an intelligent place. For one thing, intelligent conversations do take place, and the people in them dont give a fuck about the wrong your.The reason there is a lot of stupid shit on here is because people dont care enough to make it into something more sophisticated. and why should they? this is for fun.
 
i dont think punctuation matters a lot. the only thing that makes me mad is seeing the wrong your, there, or to. theyre really not hard at all to distinguish. sure i dont use an apostrophe in my youre but its still the right one
 
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