OT, 3rd grade grammar & spelling for adults

[Isaac sur Noos]

Thanks as well, Dave, I had yet noticed some of these incorrect words
and sentences, but I was believing it was some kind of "piano slang".
Most of the time the sense is not lost nowadays.

When younger, I have read a lot, and was not too bad in
grammar/orthography, but when I see my colleague these days, actually
this does not seem to be the general tendency. Many that should be
able to write a simple letter without error can't, many simply don't
use mail on Internet because of the difficulty they have to write
correctly.

The language & orthography level is getting poorer and poorer those
days.

And it is not with the kids watching TV for hours that this will get
better.

Best Regards, and thanks for your defending of correct writing !

Isaac


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de Dave Nereson
> Envoyé : mercredi 7 janvier 2004 07:19
> À : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : OT, 3rd grade grammar & spelling for adults
>
>
> its vs. it's
>
> "Its" refers to things that belong to 'it'.
> "It's" is a contraction (a shortening) for "it is."
>
> I                    my, mine
> you               your, yours
> he                 his, his
> she               her, hers
> it                   its, its     (NOT it's) !!!!!
> we                our, ours
> you (plural)   your, yours
> they              their, theirs
>
> This is my piano.  It is mine.
> This is your piano.  It is yours.
> This is his piano.  It is his.
> This is her piano.  It is hers.
> This piano belongs to the school.  It is ITS piano.  (Not
> "it's").  It is
> its.  (It belongs to it -- the school).
> This is our piano.  It is ours.
> This is their piano.  It is theirs.   Not to be confused
> with "there", which
> refers to a place, as in "over             there", or with
> "they're", which
> means "they are", as in "They're coming over tonight."
>
> The dog.  Its bark. Its tail.
> The cat.  Its whiskers. Its meow.
> The piano.  Its pitch, its lid, its keys, its action.  ITS
> !   NOT   it's
> !!!
>
> "It's" means "it is".  The apostrophe takes the place of
> the 'i' that is
> left out of 'is'.
>
> It's (it is) very hot today.  It's (it is) no mean feat.
> It's (it is) a big
> job to rebuild a piano.
>
> 'your'  vs.  'you're':
> 'Your' is for things that belong to you.  Your tools, your
> piano, your
> house.
> 'You're' is for when you're really saying "you are."
> "You're going to raise
> pitch."  "You're crazy."
>
> 'Accordion' is with -ion, not -ian.
> It's "mahogany", (remember "hog") not "mahagony";  "lauan"
> paneling, not
> "luaun" or whatever else.
>
> Bridle straps, not bridal straps.  It's bridles, like on a
> horse -- straps
> that connect things.  Not "bridal"-- that has to do with
> brides, weddings.
>
> And for R. Breckne:   Allow me to introduce the word
> "than".  This piano is
> longer THAN that one.  This job is no harder THAN that one.
>  It is more
> blessed to give THAN to receive.  "Then" refers to a period
> in time.  "I was
> a lot younger back then."  "Then you do the fine tuning
> after the pitch
> raise."   (But:  "I am older than you are."  "This piano has a
> thinner-sounding tone than that one.")
>
> for everyone:  it's 'wippen', not 'whippen'.   That was
> settled years ago.
> There was a Journal article.
>
> I know it's "square" to care about spelling, grammar -- we
> don't want to
> appear too educated or anything, and certainly not
> intellectual, god forbid,
> or professional or high class.   Thing is, this isn't
> college or even high
> school material -- it's from elementary school.
>
>
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