Posted by Championship_Vinyl at 199.234.88.30 on November 07, 2002 at 16:35:01:
In Reply to: Remember The Civil War!!!!!! Better? posted by The O~* in Phantoms on November 07, 2002 at 16:28:10:
Personally, what you said isn’t technically offensive; it’s pretentious. Thank you for bestowing your wisdom upon me and cueing me into all that ails the world.
Also, I have a few pointers for you before I go...
The word 'your' is an adjective, the possessive form of the word 'you,' as in, "your grammar sucks." However, 'you're' is a contraction of the words 'you are,' as in, "you're acting like an idiot."
The phrase 'a lot' has come to be considered a single word, an adjective used to imply "very much" or "to a great degree." Jumbling it together as the non-word 'alot' is incorrect.
The word 'there' is an adverb to be used spatially, as in, "he is over there." On the other hand, the word 'their' is an adjective to be used as a modifier before a noun when speaking of a group of people, as in, "their posts" or "their statements."
I'm not seriously trying to be the grammar police, just pointing out that YOUR view from the soapbox would be A LOT better if you actually deserved to be THERE.