Language Check - spelling, etc

[cosywolf 10]

Someone asked for a spell check. And I thought...hmmm. We've discussed apostrophes already...how about an Ask an Expert all about grammar. Got a burning desire to know how to spell something, when to use to or too, there or their? Look no further than here. Easy, teacher-free ways of remembering language stuff, posted by whoever knows the answer to whatever question.

(Cos these are the big burning questions of mankind:lol: )

 

E.g:

Apostrophe rule: if in doubt, leave it out

 

Lose: lost

Loose: not tied down

 

There: somewhere

Their: someone's

 

Just an idea:P

[max 13]

Nice one, it could even be made sticky.

[cosywolf 10]

Your: belongs to you

You're: you are

 

I'll just keep bimbling along with it...made my bed, an' all:lol:

[Bestman 11]

A woman arrived at the Gates of Heaven. While she was waiting for Saint

Peter to greet her, she peeked through the gates. She saw a

beautiful banquet table. Sitting all around were her parents and all the

other people she had loved and who had died before her. they saw her and

began calling greetings to her. "Hello - How are you! We've been waiting

for you! Good to see you."

 

 

When Saint Peter came by, the woman said to him "This is such a wonderful

place! How do I get in?" "You have to spell a word," Saint Peter told her.

"Which word?", the woman asked. "Love." The woman correctly spelled

"Love" and Saint Peter welcomed her into Heaven.

 

 

About a year later, Saint Peter came to the woman and asked her to

watch the Gates of Heaven for him that day. While the woman was guarding

the Gates of Heaven, her husband arrived. "I'm surprised to see you," the

woman said. "How have you been?" "Oh, I've been doing pretty well since

you died," her husband told her. "I married the beautiful young nurse who

took care of you while you were ill. And then I won the multi-state

lottery. I sold the little house you and I lived in and bought a huge

mansion. And my wife and I traveled all around the world. We were on

vacation in Cancun and I went water skiing today. I fell and hit my head,

and here I am. What a bummer! How do I get in?"

 

 

"You have to spell a word," the woman told him.

"Which word?", her husband asked.

 

 

"Czechoslovakia

[DaBouncer 13]

ROFLMFAO excellent Bestman :lol: :lol:

[cosywolf 10]

:lol:

[max 13]

Practice - a noun as in a doctor's practice

Practise - a verb as in I'm practising pedantry

[cosywolf 10]

Thanks Maxt, that one usually confuses me.