Abuse of "their" surely isn't as bad yet as your/you're and lose/loose ?
I see abuses of both those words on a daily basis, particularly on the 'Net :( Daz > -----Original Message----- > From: jdow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 July 2004 12:04 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Gee, an honest spammer! > > From: "Owen McShane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Mario Gamito wrote: > > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > >Thank you all. I didn't knew this english word. > > > > > > > > > > > Most people with english as there mother tongue don't know this word > either. > > > > > > > Would it be pedantic to point out that most people with English as > _their_ > mother tongue don't know the difference between there, their and they're > either? > > > > Thought so... I'll get me coat ;-) > > Owen, if I believe the BBC news articles about the state of education in > England and given the state of education in the US I'd be surprised if > a significant proportion of native English speakers had ever run across > the word "mendacious" let alone knew how to use it properly in a sentence. > I'd certainly be being mendacious if I declared otherwise. And I don't > like being accused of mendacity. > > {^_-}
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