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This Reality Check is about English.
I'm going list a bunch of things to know.
1. Canada does not exist. If they want to be Canadians, they have to live in Canadia. If they live in Canada, they are Candans. Kansas, Kandans. Kansasia, Kansasians. Cambodia, CambodiANS.
2. Black people are not African Americans. They are black people. We're white people. Spanish people are just plain old Spanish, and Asians are Asian. Someone, at some point in life, decided black people was an offensive term. And ever since then, a more ignorant term was used. "African American". I know like 5 black people. Freddy's from Dominica Republic, Vanessa's from
Columbia, Orlindo (sp?) is from DR too. Uh. Well I'm sure I know some others. The point is, many aren't from Africa. If they were, they'd be covered in fly bites anyway. Truss' me, I know this stuff.
3. Yesterday and yesternight. There is no "yesterday night". I hate when people say that. You should make it part of your vocabulary to never ever say "last night" or "yesterday night" ever in your life. It's yesternight. Even I mess it up a little.
4. If an ox and an ox make oxen, why don't a fox and fox make foxen?
5. Olde English and Noo English. (lol). It's perfectly acceptable to use either one, or both. Mostly what bugs me about this is people complaining when I say taco's instead of tacoes. That just looks stupid. Now you're definitely going to be made fun of for using hero's instead of heroes, and same with volcano. Just use it at your finest discretion.
6. Your and you're.
You're going to the mall.
Your parents.
You're a moron who has 0% capability of the English language.
Your brain.
You're spreading a plague of confusing "you're" and "your" and thus encouraging bad English.
Your mouth.
I believe I made my point. The more incorrectly you use "your" and "you're", the more it's pounded into everyone's subconcious, and the more I will correct you until you hate me and never talk to me in text ever again. 7. Their, they're, and there. This is pretty bad, too. If you are talking about someone doing something, they are doing it, and thus you need to say "they're". See the apostrophe? (the ') That means you're cutting the word a bit to make it easier to say and read. If you are going somewhere, you are going there. Example, "Yeah, I went to the mall. They have lollipops there." Finally, their. If someone has something, it's theirs. So, "Indeed, kind sir, their airplane has been dismantled. They will never fly again." is the way to use it! 8. It's and its. Alright, I don't blame people for not knowing this one; it's tough. "It's" looks like it is saying, "owned by the it", like "john's bike". However, "it's" means "it is", and "its" shows possession. So, "It's sunny out!" and "That's its claw." are correct! 9. This one's just interesting, so it doesn't exactly get my *star* for checking your reality as I'm supposed to, but may and might! Did you know that if you say "may", you mean "it's probably going to happen" and "might", you mean "it's probably not going to happen"? It's true! If you don't believe, ask google. 10. Finally, stop Capping random Words, please. This is Actually a two-parter,because a lot of People don't Know that after Punctuation marks or comma's and stuff,you are Supposed to make a space. There, wasn't that sentence annoying? You waste time by capping letters, and the space comes naturally if you're any sort of used to typing online. Sayonara, Vael Victus |