Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:36:18 -0400, Warp wrote:

> > Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> OK. Now explain "there" instead of "their"
> > 
> > Some people write "your" when they really mean "you're". This mistake is
> > kind of understandable.

> Not really.  If you know that "you're" is a contraction of "you are", 
> it's very easy to see when it's being misused:

> "I think your wrong."

> "I think *you are* wrong."

> The error is clear as day - you're making a contraction and not using the 
> punctuation that's necessary in a contraction.

I'm not sure if you understood what I said. I said that it's kind of
understandable that some people make this mistake (because they write
what they pronounce). I didn't say that it's hard to distinguish between
the two cases in a written sentence.

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                                                          - Warp

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