Brake vs. Break - Daily Grammar lesson

BryWi · Feb 16, 2011

OZ-T said: ↑

It's ignourant , dummy .
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Thanks.

I'm writing all this down for my upcoming trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake. Nothing will derail a vacation like a language/spelling problem

Any other suggestions for an ignorant American traveling up North?

OZ-T · Feb 16, 2011

BryWi said: ↑

Thanks.

I'm writing all this down for my upcoming trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake. Nothing will derail a vacation like a language/spelling problem

Any other suggestions for an ignorant American traveling up North?
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Take a jacket .

BryWi · Feb 16, 2011

OZ-T said: ↑

Take a jacket .
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C'mon.

We may be dumb, but no American will venture up your way past August. Unless he likes winter sports.

OZ-T · Feb 16, 2011

BryWi said: ↑

C'mon.

We may be dumb, but no American that doesn't like winter sports will venture up your way past August...
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Your double negative sentence confuses my brain .

BryWi · Feb 16, 2011

Affect or effect.

Effect is the result of something.

Affect is the process of influencing the result of something.

BryWi · Feb 16, 2011

OZ-T said: ↑

Your double negative sentence confuses my brain .
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Anything to slow you down.

I fixed it for you, professor. Double check and make sure there are no more grammatical errors

KenpachiZaraki · Feb 16, 2011

This thread fer teh win

toyo freak · Feb 16, 2011

zirously was dis thred bout wat the pho!. I agree, I tried to make a thread earlier encouraging people to check their grammar.

island808 · Feb 16, 2011

I just caught one that is unique in the entire forum. "streat" as in "streat tires" vs track tires.

island808 · Feb 16, 2011

BryWi said: ↑

Affect or effect.

Effect is the result of something.

Affect is the process of influencing the result of something.
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Best way I dun learnt how to use affect is, pretty much only people's feeling get affected. Everything else feels the effect.

Matic · Feb 16, 2011

Evil Monkey said: ↑

There:

adv. 1. At or in that place: sit over there.
2. To, into, or toward that place: wouldn't go there again.
3. At that stage, moment, or point: Stop there before you make any more mistakes.
4. In that matter: I can't agree with him there.
5. In a readily accesible or discoverable state: The answer is out there. All we have to do is look for it.

pron. 1. Used to introduce a clause or sentence: There are numerous items. There must be another exit.
2. Used to indicate an unspecified person in direct address: Hello there.

adj. 1. Used especially for emphasis after the demonstrative pronoun that or those, or after a noun modified by the demonstrative adjective that or those: That person there ought to know the directions to town.
2. Nonstandard Used for emphasis between a demonstrative adjective meaning "that" or "those" and a noun: No one is sitting at that there table. Them there beans ought to be picked.

n. That place or point: stopped and went on from there.

Their:
adj. The possessive form of they.
1. Used as a modifier before a noun: their accomplishments; their home town.
2. Usage Problem His, her, or its: "It is fatal for anyone who writes to think of their sex" (Virginia Woolf).

They're:

Contraction for "They are"
They're going to the store.

It's: Contraction for "It is"
It's going to be a great day.

Its:
Possessive for it.
Virtue is its own reward.
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So glad I found this. I always have trouble with my "there's".

OZ-T · Feb 16, 2011

Share and Cher

BCTacoma2010 · Feb 17, 2011

Wench

1. a country lass or working girl: The milkmaid was a healthy wench.

2. Usually Facetious . a girl or young woman.

Winch

1. the crank or handle of a revolving machine.

2. a windlass turned by a crank, for hoisting or hauling.

3. any of various devices for cranking.

macgyver · Feb 17, 2011

Steal:
The verb steal means to take someone else's property without right or permission. Steal can also mean to move secretly.

Steel:
As both a noun and an adjective, steel refers to a hard alloy of iron and carbon. Used figuratively, steel means hard, strong, and tough. As a verb, steel means to strengthen.

L8Rmike · Feb 17, 2011

WARE.

HARDWARE; a bunch of stuff laying around after the jobs done.

Lost_Humanity said: ↑

Where / Wear / Were / We're

WHERE
(hwair, wair)

–adverb
1.in or at what place?: Where is he? Where do you live?

2. in what position or circumstances?: Where do you stand on this question? Without money, where are you?

3. in what particular respect, way, etc.?: Where does this affect us?

4. to what place, point, or end? whither?: Where are you going?

5.from what source? whence?: Where did you get such a notion?

–conjunction

6. in or at what place, part, point, etc.: Find where he is. Find where the trouble is.

7. in or at the place, part, point, etc., in or at which: The book is where you left it.

8. in a position, case, etc., in which: Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.

9. in any place, position, case, etc., in which; wherever: Use the ointment where pain is felt.

10. to what or whatever place; to the place or any place to which: I will go where you go.

11. in or at which place; and there: They came to the town, where they lodged for the night.

–pronoun

12. what place?: Where did you come from?

13. the place in which; point at which: This is where the boat docks. That was where the phone rang.

–noun

14. a place; that place in which something is located or occurs: the wheres and hows of job hunting.

WEAR
(wair)

–verb

1. to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.

2. to have or use on the person habitually: to wear a wig.

3. to bear or have in one's aspect or appearance: to wear a smile; to wear an air of triumph.

4. to cause (garments, linens, etc.) to deteriorate or change by wear: Hard use has worn these gloves.

5. to impair, deteriorate, or consume gradually by use or any continued process: Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks.

6. to waste or diminish gradually by rubbing, scraping, washing, etc.: The waves have worn these rocks.

7. to make (a hole, channel, way, etc.) by such action.

8. to bring about or cause a specified condition in (a person or thing) by use, deterioration, or gradual change: to wear clothes to rags; to wear a person to a shadow.

9. to weary; fatigue; exhaust: Toil and care soon wear the spirit.

10. to pass (time) gradually or tediously (usually followed by away or out ): We wore the afternoon away in arguing.

11. Nautical . to bring (a vessel) on another tack by turning until the wind is on the stern.

12. British Dialect . to gather and herd (sheep or cattle) to a pen or pasture.

WERE
(wur)

–verb

a 2nd person singular pt. indicative, plural past indicative, and past subjunctive of be.

WE'RE
(weer)

contraction of we are: We're happy to see you.
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macgyver · Feb 17, 2011

Sight
The noun sight refers to something that is seen or the power or process of seeing. Example: "The sight of the stars makes me dream."

Site
The noun site means a particular place. Example: "I'm still looking for a good quotations site on the web."

Cite
The verb cite means to mention or quote as an authority or example. Example: "This style guide explains how to cite sources in a term paper."

OZ-T · Feb 17, 2011

macgyver[OP] said: ↑

Sight
The noun sight refers to something that is seen or the power or process of seeing. Example: "The sight of the stars makes me dream."

Site
The noun site means a particular place. Example: "I'm still looking for a good quotations site on the web."

Cite
The verb cite means to mention or quote as an authority or example. Example: "This style guide explains how to cite sources in a term paper."
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You beat me too it , I just saw that thread

macgyver · Feb 17, 2011

OZ-T said: ↑

You beat me too it , I just saw that thread
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Lol I figured you noticed it too.

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