Comments on: It’s Just Another Mangled Monday http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/ Help for a Punctual and Polite Life Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:31:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » Better Than Two Pistols at Dawn http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-349 Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » Better Than Two Pistols at Dawn Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:42:36 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-349 [...] started the blog as a place to air a whole series of pet peeves. People who can’t keep its/it’s, your/you’re or they’re/there/their straight. People who can’t be bothered to say [...]

[…] started the blog as a place to air a whole series of pet peeves. People who can’t keep its/it’s, your/you’re or they’re/there/their straight. People who can’t be bothered to say […]

]]> By: Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » MM: Labor Pains http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-124 Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » MM: Labor Pains Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:12:32 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-124 [...] covered it’s and its. We’ve covered there/their/they’re. We’ve even talked about the uses of the [...]

[…] covered it’s and its. We’ve covered there/their/they’re. We’ve even talked about the uses of the […]

]]> By: J http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-61 J Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:38:41 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-61 When I was in college, I had a 6-unit International Relations class where the professor told us that if we once used 'it's' when we meant 'its', or vice-versa, we would get an F on that paper. I was mostly cured from that moment on. Sometimes happens still, but it's a typo, not a misunderstanding. When I was in college, I had a 6-unit International Relations class where the professor told us that if we once used ‘it’s’ when we meant ‘its’, or vice-versa, we would get an F on that paper. I was mostly cured from that moment on.

Sometimes happens still, but it’s a typo, not a misunderstanding.

]]> By: Christine http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-22 Christine Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:30:43 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-22 One of my personal pet peeves. Good installment. One of my personal pet peeves. Good installment.

]]> By: Judy G. http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-15 Judy G. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:25:32 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-15 It makes me increasingly crazy to see my local newspaper misspelling "its" and "it's", but one of my personal favourites is "its' ". I suppose it's a case of "when in doubt, put in an apostrophe". That loud noise you hear is the collapsing of the English language. It makes me increasingly crazy to see my local newspaper misspelling “its” and “it’s”, but one of my personal favourites is “its’ “. I suppose it’s a case of “when in doubt, put in an apostrophe”. That loud noise you hear is the collapsing of the English language.

]]> By: Laura http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-11 Laura Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:43:51 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-11 Debby said it, "A woman after my own heart." I just read about your new blog on Booking through Thursday. I love it, have added it to my Google Reader, and am passing it on to an equally grammar-obsessed friend. Thanks!! Debby said it, “A woman after my own heart.” I just read about your new blog on Booking through Thursday. I love it, have added it to my Google Reader, and am passing it on to an equally grammar-obsessed friend. Thanks!!

]]> By: lisa http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-5 lisa Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:39:02 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-5 So, came over from Deb... yes, this is one of those things that just makes me NUTS! So, came over from Deb… yes, this is one of those things that just makes me NUTS!

]]> By: Debby http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-4 Debby Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:46:26 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-4 A woman after my own heart. This is a particular pet peeve of mine, along with yours and theirs. :) I think the Lynne Truss books were popular for a reason. A lot of us are frustrated with the lack of spelling and grammar and politeness these days. A woman after my own heart. This is a particular pet peeve of mine, along with yours and theirs. :)

I think the Lynne Truss books were popular for a reason. A lot of us are frustrated with the lack of spelling and grammar and politeness these days.

]]> By: Judy H. http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-3 Judy H. Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:24:45 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-3 I'm so glad to see tangible proof that I'm not the only one who cares about these things! Sometimes I feel like no one else out there gives a rip about punctuation, spelling, grammer ... you know, petty things like those! I’m so glad to see tangible proof that I’m not the only one who cares about these things! Sometimes I feel like no one else out there gives a rip about punctuation, spelling, grammer … you know, petty things like those!

]]> By: Mom http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-2 Mom Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:37:44 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/10/08/its-just-another-mangled-monday/#comment-2 This is going to be a great place to vent on the misuses of so many words. This is going to be a great place to vent on the misuses of so many words.

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