It’s National Grammar Day – no, really.

  • Its means belong to it; it’s means it is.
  • Your means belongs to you; you’re means you are.
  • They’re means they are; their means belongs to them; there means not here.

Come on, guys; it’s not that hard. You’re too smart to mess this one up. There are much trickier things to worry about.

My pet peeve. There’s much more to this grammar thing, of course, but I think that’s enough for now. I’ll just close with my particular pet peeve—using the word “of” when the intention is the contraction ‘ve (in place of the word have).  As in “I would’ve come sooner if I had known.”

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