Mom Confessions
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The one that bothers me the most is when someone uses "advise" wrong. "I need advise"...uh noooo, you need "advice". Advise is a verb. I can advise you, I can give you advice. It's not hard people. -
There they're their ughhhh!!! -
Affect & Effect
Quoting TexanMomOf6:
you're....contraction of you are
your... possession
than... comparative
then....sequential
they're...contraction... they are
their.....possession
there......location
hear.....listen
here.....location
wear.....have something on or to "wear" something down
where.....location
we're...contraction...we are
notice: (here, there, where), are locations, same last 4 letters.
also: (when, then), both end the same
to remember (hear) just think EAR
did I miss any other problem words???
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When rhymes with then, they show time!
Quoting CuriousArentYa:
Yes. Then and than is what trips me up.
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Yes, of course. You're going to get in trouble for your question. LOL
How about loose and lose? I see these misused nearly 100% of the time online!
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me too
Quoting CuriousArentYa:
Yes. Then and than is what trips me up.
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affect...to influence (Affect my Attitude)
effect.....the result of a cause (remember the "cause and effect" in science class?)
lose... "win or lose"
loose.. not tight.... too loose
hmmmm. I know there's more. I was lucky to have a teacher that gave us tricks to help remember the definitions. (thanks Mom!!!)
Quoting 2girlsYES:
Affect & Effect
Quoting TexanMomOf6:
you're....contraction of you are
your... possession
than... comparative
then....sequential
they're...contraction... they are
their.....possession
there......location
hear.....listen
here.....location
wear.....have something on or to "wear" something down
where.....location
we're...contraction...we are
notice: (here, there, where), are locations, same last 4 letters.
also: (when, then), both end the same
to remember (hear) just think EAR
did I miss any other problem words???
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