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		<title>Grammatical Pet Peeves</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This will be short. I spend my entire work day on the internet reading blogs, forums, news articles, and the like. I don’t have high expectations for grammar in forums, and I have similarly low expectations for blog comments. However, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.michaeljthom.com/grammatical-pet-peeves/">Grammatical Pet Peeves</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.michaeljthom.com">Michael J. Thom</a>.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This will be short. I spend my entire work day on the internet reading blogs, forums, news articles, and the like. I donâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t have high expectations for grammar in forums, and I have similarly low expectations for blog comments. However, the content of the blog post itself, and especially of so-called legitimate news articles, has a duty to be grammatically correct.</p>
<p>There are so many little things that drive me absolutely batty when reading articles on the internet. From the smallest personal blog (errors are relatively acceptable here – Iâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />m not <em>that</em> cold-hearted) to the largest “news” source (such as The Huffington Post), no site is immune to the sickness that is grammatical carelessness. Below is a short list of my biggest aggravators.</p>
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<li><strong>Its vs. Itâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s</strong> – There is a distinct difference. Its = possessive. <em>The cat bared <strong>its</strong> teeth.</em> Itâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s = a contraction meaning “it is.” <em>Feel free to use “its,” as long as <strong>itâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s</strong> used properly.</em></li>
<li><strong>There vs. Theyâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re vs. Their</strong> – There = a location. Theyâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re = a contraction meaning “they are.” Their = possessive for something belonging to “them.” <em><strong>Theyâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re</strong> standing in front of <strong>their</strong> house over <strong>there</strong>.</em></li>
<li><strong>General Spelling Errors</strong> – Folks, every piece of software these days has spell check. Use it. Or <a href="http://www.dictionary.com" target="_blank">dictionary.com</a>. Or – gasp – an actual dictionary!</li>
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<p>I know there are more, but theyâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re not coming to mind at the moment. I will update this post as I come up with more!</p>
<p>Feel free to add your own in the comments!</p><p>The post <a href="https://www.michaeljthom.com/grammatical-pet-peeves/">Grammatical Pet Peeves</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.michaeljthom.com">Michael J. Thom</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
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