Caution: Grammar Police On Patrol Here

If I get on too much of a high horse today please let me know. In fact, I would be happy to have high horse alerts for any of my posts.

I don’t know why I’m back on words again today but I am. I think that it might be because I’m getting older and perhaps more persnickety but I get irritated when people (native English speakers) don’t have even the most rudimentary grasp of their own language.

Now before you say “Hey! You make some pretty glaring mistakes in this blog Missy!” just wait a second while I explain that usually forgive most things but there are a few language mistakes really bug me (don't even get me started on the whole "by accident" / "on accident" topic). Today’s “bug me” topic is the difference between “your” and “you’re”.

First, if you don’t know the difference “you’re” means “you are” and writing “your” in this case just isn’t right. Perhaps it is wrong or snobby or something else of me but it kind of disappoints me with a person who makes this mistake. I don’t assume that they just made a typo although this might be the nicer assumption to make. And, for right or wrong, it drops their IQ in my eyes just a little.

I know that I don’t have the best grammar and I know that I don’t use punctuation that follows the rules sometimes so I am sure that there are people that read my blog that just cringe at my mistakes as I do with the whole your / you’re thing. So, don’t get to thinking that I think that I am all that because I recognize the difference. I just thought that I would comment on it is all (did you like that use of Texas drawly vernacular with the is all?).

Perhaps next week I will blog about the use of sentence capitalization and punctuation in emails – another pet peeve of mine that shows my age!

Have a sunshiny day!

Ella

PS A note to Megara - 122.4lbs baby!!