Linguistic Shortcomings.

The non-native-English writers amongst us, are probably
wondering about
the frequent misuse, by so-called native-English speakers in
these
threads...

your = a possessive pronoun.  It never, ever, means 'you
are'.
e.g. your book, your crap software, your stupid explanation
etc,etc..

you're = 'you are' and never, ever, a possessive pronoun.
e.g you're a fine chap, you're right about that, you're a
imbecile,
you're idea is rubbish.

You all = Texan (not English) for something friendly....

This is a bit like me, in the easy days of learning Spanish,
saying to
a Spaniard: 'No habla Espaniol'  ( = YOU don't speak Spanish
- which of
course he did, and I didn't (hablo)!)

Please fix this before fixing the software!

Love,
R.


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On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:22:39 -0400
Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntworklinuxfromscratch.org>
wrote:

> TheOldFellow wrote:
> > you're = 'you are' and never, ever, a possessive
pronoun.
> > e.g you're a fine chap, you're right about that,
you're a imbecile,
> > you're idea is rubbish.
> 
> Ha ha! /me points.
> 
> I just noticed that your last example is in fact
rubbish!
> 
> --
> JH

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