enchantedrose-rp:COMMON GRAMMAR FAUX PASSo, through my almost two years of RPing, I have noticed

enchantedrose-rp: COMMON GRAMMAR FAUX PAS So, through my almost two years of RPing, I have noticed some common grammar errors in writing from many many players both new and old, and being a bit of a *cough* Grammar Nazi *cough* I have decided to make a list of those and help people know when to use what form and tips to avoid the mistakes. I know some RPers where grammar can be an issue if you want to RP with them, and I’m not saying that’s here at this RP, but in general the goal of RPing is to help you hone your craft AND have fun. And so, why not help the cause, right? Anyway, I have compiled the most common errors and when the precise words should be used and how to avoid the mistakes in the case of contractions and etc. So check it out. The MOST COMMON error seen in anyone’s writing: Your/You’re Your: Your is a possessive pronoun as in it shows ownership. So by writing something like “Your going to the store” there is something missing. What of yours is going to the store? If you use the word your, make sure you have a noun after it - then a verb. A correct sentence would be “Your mother is going to the store.” You’re: You’re is the contraction of “you are,” which means with the mistake in the sentence above, this would fix it. “You’re going to the store.” Who is going to the store? You are. Likewise, saying something like “You’re puppy is so cute” is wrong. In this case, you mean “Your puppy is so cute.” Your being possessive as stated above. Who’s puppy? Your puppy.DISCLAIMER: If you just use “you are” you can fix a good poriton of this, unless you are just using your for it, then that’s a problem. Their/They’re/There Their: Works exactly like your! Only now it’s in third person rather than second person writing.They’re: Works exactly like you’re! Only, again, now it’s third person, not second person.There: There is used with location, like “Look over there.” It’s not as often used as their or they’re in writing. It also works in the cases of stating face such as “There is a polite way to say that, and here it is.” To/Too/Two To: Works exactly like your! Only now it’s in third person rather than second person writing.Too: Works exactly like you’re! Only, again, now it’s third person, not second person.Two: Two is numerical. So use it when you want to speak numerically, like “There are two ducks over there.” Than/Then Than: Than is a comparative word, meaning if you are comparing your character or someone else’s character or something else entirely to another person, place, thing, or idea, you need to use than. It’s not “You are a better artist then me.” It’s “You are a better artist than me.” Because you are comparing your skill to the other person’s. Then: Then is a reference to time and order, as in “Back then, I had a lot of gumption” or “First you mix in the eggs, then you mix in the flour.” Order tends to go chronologically, so really that is also a refernce to time, but I digress. Loose/Lose Loose: Loose refers to a state of fit, disorder, or extras. Though it’s also used in reference to describe someone who is “easy.” So you did not want them to “loose the game,” you wanted them to “lose the game.”Lose: The saying is “I win, you lose now you get a big bruise,” not “I win, you loose, now you get a big bruise.” When you use lose, it refers to you misplacing something whether it be in present or past or future or you did not win a game or something in the like. You would not say “This dress is too lose,” it’s “This dress is too loose.” Couldn’t Care Less/Could Care Less - Kyls’ biggest grammar peeve. Couldn’t Care Less: Bingo! This is what you mean when someone does something that does not upset you. Such as someone telling you they could not find such and such thing and you do not care. “I could not care less where that is at the moment.” That is correct. Could Care Less: By saying you could care less, you literally just said you do care because you have left room to care less. If you are using a phrase that sounds like this, it is ninety-nine point nine percent likely that you actually meant “couldn’t care less” so just use that and not this. Accept/Except Accept: ”I accept your apology.” Accept and the verb of accepting are used for allowing something in, taking it to consideration, and with apologies, forgiving, though, that’s a different step than just accepting. Except: Except means something is an exception, it is left out of what you are saying, so no, you did not get excepted to University. You were accepted. And you did not except an apology, you accepted it. Affect/Effect Affect: If something affects you, it has an impact on you whether it be your physical being or your emotions. It makes you think or stop for a minute or something in the like. Effect:  Effect refers to the outcome. So if something “affected” you. It had an “effect” on you. Affect is a verb, effect is a noun. Think of it that way. -- source link

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