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Date Posted: 18:10:52 04/16/08 Wed
Author: catie
Author Host/IP: h211.26.40.69.ip.alltel.net / 69.40.26.211
Subject: "Their's...not There's" I grow worse day by day. Grrrr.
In reply to: Catie 's message, "There's is a very typical Southern Georgia accent. When I was in" on 18:07:53 04/16/08 Wed

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: "Their's...not There's" I grow worse day by day. Grrrr. -- Joan, 10:24:59 04/17/08 Thu [1] (ip68-0-253-131.ri.ri.cox.net/68.0.253.131)

It's not just you Catie. I'm getting really bad.

I find myself saying things like, "There's 6 left." Yikes! I would never say "There is 6 left." But I shorted it and it never comes out "There're", which is also horrible. But at least if I stretched it out, it would be right. It sounds so horrible--It even grates on *me*. And yet I hear myself doing it all the time now. I know that it's just being lazy/sloppy, but I can't seem to stop it. It pops out, and I'm appalled. I guess the only way to stop it is to correct myself and then say it right every time.

I knew my eyesight and hearing would go. But English, too?!

Joan

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> ME a poor English student?!! Unpossible!! -- Catie, 15:56:59 04/17/08 Thu [1] (h211.26.40.69.ip.alltel.net/69.40.26.211)

I scare myself more each day. I am not kidding. Once upon a time....oh well we won't go there. I should have guessed my good grammar would have left me just like the size 8 I once took for granted. Life! ppfftt!

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> "Englosh!" lol I would be scared to re-enter 8th grade! I'd never get out! :-( -- Barb, 08:03:10 04/18/08 Fri [1] (clgrtnt9-port-113.dial.telus.net/161.184.54.113)

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