OT, 3rd grade grammar & spelling for adults

[Andrew & Rebeca Anderson]

Hi Dave,
I guess we should slow down long enough when typing to see what it is that 
we have typed. ;-)

Andrew

At 11:19 PM 1/6/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>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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