Brake vs. Break - Daily Grammar lesson

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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.

 

It's vs Its
These two English words are very often used incorrectly by native speakers. It's important that you understand the difference.

It's
It's is a contraction of "it is" or "it has."

It's time to go.
Do you think it's ready?
I read your article - it's very good.
Do you know where my purse is? It's on the table.
It's been a long time.
​

Its
Its is the possessive form of "it."

That's an interesting device - what is its purpose?
I saw Les Misérables during its initial run.
This stove has its own timer.
The bird lost some of its feathers.
Where is its head office?
​

The Bottom Line
The confusion between it's and its occurs because on virtually every other word 's indicates possession, so English speakers naturally want to use it's to mean "something belonging to it." But it's is only used when it's a contraction of it is or it has.
The ironclad rule - no exceptions - is that if you can replace the word with "it is" or "it has," use it's. Otherwise, it's always its.

 

to, too, two

I want to go to the store.
She went too.
She bought two.

 

advice, advise. I see these being misused all the time.

ADVICE
–noun 1. an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.

2. a communication, especially from a distance, containing information: Advice from abroad informs us that the government has fallen. Recent diplomatic advices have been ominous.

3. an official notification, especially one pertaining to a business agreement: an overdue advice.

ADVISE
–verb (used with object) 1. to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.

2. to recommend as desirable, wise, prudent, etc.: He advised secrecy.

3. to give (a person, group, etc.) information or notice (often followed by of ): The investors were advised of the risk. They advised him that this was their final notice.


–verb (used without object) 4. to take counsel; consult (usually followed by with ): I shall advise with my friends.

5. to offer counsel; give advice: I shall act as you advise.

 

Worse vs. worst

Consider how many things you are comparing.

Use 'worse' if you're comparing two things: "I think eggplant is worse than squash, but that's just my opinion."

Use 'worst' if you're comparing multiple things: "I disagree. Eggplant and boiled cabbage are both vile, but squash is the worst!"

 

Than, Then

"Than" is a comparative:
I'm taller than him.
I'd rather have this than that.

"Then" is a marker of time.
I went to the store, and then I came home.

 

Good stuff, I'm glad some of us were paying attention in class. Now I have to go, I have a weak back since about a week back.

And leave my grammar out of this, she's a sweet ol' bird.

 

Warrantee: the person to whom a warranty is made

Warranty: a collateral undertaking that a fact regarding the subject of a contract is or will be as it is expressly or by implication declared or promised to be.

wranty: gibberish spelling and pronunciation
warintee: nonsense
waranty : ignorant

Little red lines under your words: Automatic spell checker telling you you spelled something wrong in an attempt to alert you to your failings in an attempt to make your statements seem as if they're coming from a person with something worth listening to. If you can't spell well (most can't) it is foolish to leave the spell checker off. Being it is a foolish act to leave the spell checker off; you are seen as a fool when your words are misspelled.


(normally I try to keep my prepositions away from the end of a sentence, but that one got awkward)

 

I wasn't paying attention in class. Got by because my parents spoke and wrote properly and I was raised by them. THEN, I got a job and found very quickly, poor grammar and bad spelling instantly cast the writer as a fool who's who's opinions were not worth reading or promoting.

Then the internet came out. As almost everything is in text format and kept around forever, frequently with your name or nomme de plume attached, it's embarrassing to have it poorly written. Like a face tattoo, its something my will regret in the future.

We should cut and paste exact quotes from other threads with attribution.

 

My gf's kids are terrible with the difference between "don't" and "doesn't". Few things will make you sound dumber than saying something like:

Incorrect: "He don't have any clean clothes to wear."
Translation: "He do not have any clean clothes to wear." <=== Idiotic
Correct: "He doesn't have any clean clothes to wear."

The breakdown:
Don't = Do Not
Doesn't = Does Not

 

Your
You're

 

The words loose and lose are mixed up in writing; for some reason, many people write loose when they really mean lose. But there's no reason to lose your mind worrying about this, just lose the extra o!

Loose
Loose is an adjective, the opposite of tight or contained.

My shoes are loose
I have a loose tooth
There's a dog running loose in the street
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Lose
Lose is a verb that means to suffer the loss of, to miss.

I win! You lose!
Don't lose your keys
I never lose bets
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The Bottom Line
Simple carelessness leads people to write loose when they mean lose. Just remember that lose has one o, and loose has two. Start with loose, lose an o, and what do you get? Lose!

 

I have a similar method for TOO vs TO

Too means that you want to go too, or that you have too many of something. So remember TOO looks like it has too many o's in it. Or, if more than one person is going, then there is more than one o.

I have too many rules to remember.
I want to go too.

 

THat is a good one. It gets used quite (or is that quiet) humorously.

 

I can't get over how many people can't spell humour , colour , flavour , or cheque correctly .

 

Typical ignorant Canadian

 

It's ignourant , dummy .