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"Their, There, They're, Little Writer" - A Grammar Vignette In Homophones

July 14, 2007 07:33 PM EDT
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Their, There, They're, Little Writer

They're over there with their homophones on, little writer, and they can't hear you pounding the keys over here. No, I know how frustrating it is to have your work ignored when you're trying so hard. My two cents worth is that, well, it's just that what you're writing doesn't make sense with its words all jumbled up like that. 

Hey, kid, maybe you should just quit for the night and hit the hay.

© J. Golden 

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Comments: 20

Dame Ruth, Chief Executive Elitist D. Jul 14, 2007, 8:16pm EDT
Wear where?
No know. Sorry.
The title sounds like the refrain from a Chuck Berry song. Fits real well with "Little Queenie," for one.
Kate M. Jul 14, 2007, 8:48pm EDT
Great job!
Deb J. Jul 14, 2007, 8:59pm EDT
There their, it'll be all right write!!
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Andrea "slackermom" R. Jul 14, 2007, 9:35pm EDT
You are allowed to deign to teach my children language arts.

Thank you for being an elitist.
Dannielle S. Jul 14, 2007, 10:44pm EDT
Jest new you'd do a grate job with this!
John, did you mean that you hate "homosapience"? That's a shame because you're such an example of it.

Andrea, I don't know what to say except...
NO WAY, CHICA! I tried homeschooling and I suck as a teacher.
Kris M. Jul 14, 2007, 11:18pm EDT
The only thing I've ever successfully taught anyone is plunking Spike down in the litterbox.

This was fun...
Andrea "slackermom" R. Jul 14, 2007, 11:22pm EDT
What's really sad is that my four year old gets it right more often than most of my adult acquaintances. Perhaps he should teach them. He even knows how to type a capital letter.
I'm struggling to get my almost ten year old son who can discuss difficult philosophical issues to say behind and earth rather than ahind and earf.
Kenneth R. Besser Jul 15, 2007, 11:42am EDT
No one knows whose out of joint nose caused the row that arose as the heroes ate roe heros in the two very front rows.
Jann L. Jul 15, 2007, 12:05pm EDT
Hey, what you write is right, J! I get irritated by seeing loose/lose misuse.
Anne B. Grote Jul 15, 2007, 12:13pm EDT
grin and bear/bare it!
♯ ♪ Jul 16, 2007, 10:08am EDT
Good one! A feature for SPoMH!
Shawn "left this place" W Jul 16, 2007, 10:44am EDT
Nice!
Thanks, Joanne! A mile marker in Gather success!
Michael the #2 Ninja Kitteh Aug 6, 2007, 10:44am EDT
From a previous post:

We're 'ware where weir were wear whare ware.

It mean's we're cautious in the area in which mill-pond lycanthropes adorn themselves with sacred Polynesian objects.

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