it's = contraction meaning it is. the apostrophe always takes the place of a missing letter.
they're = they are. same idea, the apostrophe takes the place of the letter a.
its = possessive form of it. in most cases the possessive uses an apostrophe like jon's or velma's. in this case, however, there is no apostrophe. try to come up with a mental trick to remember it. the amazing kreskin memorized the entire manhattan phone book using mental tricks. kreskin also attributed part of his mental prowess to drinking fresh cranberry juice. i tried the cranberry juice protocol, but it didn't increase my intelligence.
your = possessive form of you.
you're = you are. again, the apostrophe takes the place of a missing letter.
their = possessive form of they. i.e. their belongings, their preamps, their panties are in a twist.
definitely is spelled this way, not 'definately'. think of the root word 'finite' from which it is derived.
to = preposition. i am going to work. give the soldering iron to velma. in eighth grade mrs. bevoni made us memorize 70 prepositions in one week. tonight i learned that english has over 100 prepositions.
too = adverb. the price is too high. the dog runs too quickly.
two = number. one, two, three, four, etc.
then = noun, adjective, or adverb. if spot is a dog then he has four legs.
than = Than is a grammatical particle analyzed as both a conjunction and a preposition in the English language. It introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it measures the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.
(incorrect) shaggy is smarter then velma. (correct) shaggy is smarter than velma.
who's = contraction for who is. the apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter i.
whose = possessive form of who. whose shoes are blue?
correct spelling of words like believe, receive, deceive, reprieve. the rule is: I before E except after C.
are = verb. shaggy and scooby are eating sandwiches.
our = possessive pronoun. our sandwiches are moldy.
(incorrect) are sandwiches are tasty. (correct) our mystery bus is very pretty.
correct spelling of separate. separate the two e's with two a's
lose and loose. lose is a verb and loose is and adjective. scooby doesn't like to lose his scooby snacks. shaggy's shirt is loose because shaggy is borderline anorexic. perhaps shaggy has a tapeworm infestation since he is always eating and never seems to gain weight. one can also loosen their pants. in this case loosen is a verb.
words that sound alike, but have different meanings are known as homonyms. who, whose, and who's are homonyms. as are their, they're, and there. homonyms have no sexual orientation. you don't have to move to vermont to use them.
"Accept" means to approve. most people ACCEPT that scooby doo was a good dog.
"Except" means to omit or leave out. i can't think of an example sentence for the word except.
lord balto has a nit to pick as well.
http://www.lordbalto.com/Error.htm
they're = they are. same idea, the apostrophe takes the place of the letter a.
its = possessive form of it. in most cases the possessive uses an apostrophe like jon's or velma's. in this case, however, there is no apostrophe. try to come up with a mental trick to remember it. the amazing kreskin memorized the entire manhattan phone book using mental tricks. kreskin also attributed part of his mental prowess to drinking fresh cranberry juice. i tried the cranberry juice protocol, but it didn't increase my intelligence.
your = possessive form of you.
you're = you are. again, the apostrophe takes the place of a missing letter.
their = possessive form of they. i.e. their belongings, their preamps, their panties are in a twist.
definitely is spelled this way, not 'definately'. think of the root word 'finite' from which it is derived.
to = preposition. i am going to work. give the soldering iron to velma. in eighth grade mrs. bevoni made us memorize 70 prepositions in one week. tonight i learned that english has over 100 prepositions.
too = adverb. the price is too high. the dog runs too quickly.
two = number. one, two, three, four, etc.
then = noun, adjective, or adverb. if spot is a dog then he has four legs.
than = Than is a grammatical particle analyzed as both a conjunction and a preposition in the English language. It introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it measures the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.
(incorrect) shaggy is smarter then velma. (correct) shaggy is smarter than velma.
who's = contraction for who is. the apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter i.
whose = possessive form of who. whose shoes are blue?
correct spelling of words like believe, receive, deceive, reprieve. the rule is: I before E except after C.
are = verb. shaggy and scooby are eating sandwiches.
our = possessive pronoun. our sandwiches are moldy.
(incorrect) are sandwiches are tasty. (correct) our mystery bus is very pretty.
correct spelling of separate. separate the two e's with two a's
lose and loose. lose is a verb and loose is and adjective. scooby doesn't like to lose his scooby snacks. shaggy's shirt is loose because shaggy is borderline anorexic. perhaps shaggy has a tapeworm infestation since he is always eating and never seems to gain weight. one can also loosen their pants. in this case loosen is a verb.
words that sound alike, but have different meanings are known as homonyms. who, whose, and who's are homonyms. as are their, they're, and there. homonyms have no sexual orientation. you don't have to move to vermont to use them.
"Accept" means to approve. most people ACCEPT that scooby doo was a good dog.
"Except" means to omit or leave out. i can't think of an example sentence for the word except.
lord balto has a nit to pick as well.
http://www.lordbalto.com/Error.htm
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