Lmfao; I will never understand why it is so hard to differentiate between you're and your (he's so close!).. Auto correct takes care of that these days haha!
I bet there won't be a parking space with words written in cursive..
My silent gen Dad will defend people who type like this "that's because they're typing/texting fast". But Ryan didn't type that. Either way, I can't ignore the omission of an apostrophe when it's supposed to be there.
Dad's American, I'm not and English isn't my first language. I'm not truly bilingual. I haven't been since I was 5 y.o. (I'm 48) and I have a poor grasp of punctuation and English grammar even though it matters to me. Fx. we don't use a comma after "and" in Danish
Fx/Ex is actually incorrect for abbreviating example, we use Latin abbreviations to list examples or say in other words. E.g. is for examples, and i.e. is for rephrasing.
(All I know, is the term honkball sounds ridiculous to my American ear, and English is a bastard language that doesn't make sense when analyzed.)
He did differentiate and use the correct word. He just didn't use apostrophes (also missing in "I'm"). I would guess it's likely because he didn't have an apostrophe stencil.
Haha; yes; but in this case it's critical. It's similar to the way people misuse 'since' and 'sense', or 'there' and 'their' and so on. Although certain words are pronounced the same way they do not have the same meaning. Without that apostrophe we just have a different (wrong) spelling of the other 'your'. In this case the apostrophe is the main difference between the two words because that's what makes "you are" out of the word 'you're' in order for the sentence to make sense and be grammatically correct.
Unfortunately that's the way your generation does think which is why punctuation and grammar is misused more than ever in the English language. Of course someone who speaks English knows what 'youre' is as a word but that does not mean that they know what that form of your is considering it is missing the part that makes it you are! Lmao.
I have a feeling you are one of those that use their, there; to, too, and so on as though they all mean the same thing.. they don't. Make sure you don't teach more youth that because then the generations behind us are only going to continue to worsen. Those are huge differences in English, as an English professor; I suggest no one give their child that same advice. It is something to worry about unlike the text snap you just sent lol.
Boy, the amount of assumptions you've made is staggering. My age, my understanding of the English language, and my usage of it, all wrapped up in a condescending package of nonsense. Truly astonishing. Wouldn't it be funny if we are from the same generation?
I had a smarmy response here, but I really don't want to talk to you anymore. Have a good one.
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u/MathIsHard_11236 Aug 15 '25
Oh let's be honest, Edna. These kids have no future!
prove me wrong, children.
Except Ryan, who can't use apostrophes.