Tell the truth, do you know the difference between "Your" & "You're"?

[Anonymous]

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[KnowItAll]

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.

[mama2ameira]

There they're their ughhhh!!!

[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??? 

[HousewifeNina]

When rhymes with then, they show time!

Quoting CuriousArentYa:

Yes. Then and than is what trips me up.

[lucsch]

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!

[pregomom468]

me too

Quoting CuriousArentYa:

Yes. Then and than is what trips me up.

[TexanMomOf6]

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??? 

[Anonymous]

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