Correct grammar

Ph3n0m · 18-05-2007 9:21am #1

Just wondering which is the correct way to express this?

Its Paul's birthday

or

It's Pauls birthday

or lastly

It's Paul's birthday

j4vier · 18-05-2007 9:23am

why did u change mary into paul? the structure is the same

i think the right is the 3rd one

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 18-05-2007 9:26am

Interesting personal issue;)

It's the third one

Ph3n0m · 18-05-2007 9:27am

sean_keevey wrote:

Interesting personal issue;)

It's the third one

Nuts - thought I put this in After Hours

- maybe Creative Writing would be apt.

slumped · 18-05-2007 9:28am

It's (It is) Paul's (Paul owns the birthday) birthday. (Full Stop or use an exclamation mark if being said in surprise)

S

blorg · 18-05-2007 9:29am

"It's Paul's birthday" is correct, "It's" is a contraction of "it is" while "Its" is a possessive pronoun. Easy way to remember this is try substituting "his" for "its" and see if your sentence makes any sense.

http://www.angryflower.com/itsits.gif

rockbeer · 18-05-2007 10:19am

And by the way, grammer should be grammar

Kinetic^ · 18-05-2007 10:21am

OP, did you gf dump you for using incorrect grammar or what?

Ph3n0m · 18-05-2007 10:22am

Kenny 5 wrote:

OP, did you gf dump you for using incorrect grammar or what?

hehe I was wondering when someone would do the joke "relationship broken up over bad grammer"

silvine · 18-05-2007 10:25am

Wow you must feel pretty strong about your grammar if this is a personal issue.

It's Paul's grammar is the correct usage.

The apostrophe denotes possession as in Paul's shoes, Paul's birthday etc.

It is also used to replaced dropped letters, in this case it is becomes it's.

There's a funny book on the whole thing called Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynn Truss.

biko · 18-05-2007 10:29am

Travel and/or join a society

Ph3n0m · 18-05-2007 10:29am

Ok I admit it

The real reason is that I get so sexually frustrated when I use incorrect grammar that is affecting my love life - my love of words.

Every time I try to talk dirty, I am constantly wondering "Am I using this in the strictest grammatical sense" - and by the time I am done thinking about that, and worrying about it - my hand has gone number, the air has left my inflatible love doll, and yore ma's bill is through the roof

Damn, that sounded funnier in my head

FlutterinBantam · 18-05-2007 11:13am

Spot on!!

Next time say" May I have some good head please"

Instead of "Can I have some good head please"

Always works;)

Mr. Incognito · 18-05-2007 1:50pm

Spot on!!

Next time say" May I have some good head please"

Instead of "Can I have some good head please"

Always works

Or you could push her head down and whisper suggestively "It's Paul's Birthday"

simu · 18-05-2007 2:05pm

Ph3n0m wrote:

Ok I admit it

The real reason is that I get so sexually frustrated when I use incorrect grammar that is affecting my love life - my love of words.

Every time I try to talk dirty, I am constantly wondering "Am I using this in the strictest grammatical sense" - and by the time I am done thinking about that, and worrying about it - my hand has gone number, the air has left my inflatible love doll, and yore ma's bill is through the roof

Damn, that sounded funnier in my head

Come over to the dark side - prescriptivism

Pherekydes · 18-05-2007 2:29pm

FlutterinBantam wrote:

Spot on!!

Next time say" May I have some good head please"

Instead of "Can I have some good head please"

Always works;)

QFT!

"Gimme a BJ, biotch" never works!

redsauce · 18-05-2007 2:58pm

Ah is it Paul's birthday!!? Can I come to the party? Sounds like a right laugh!!

Ph3n0m · 18-05-2007 3:01pm

Posting in the wrong place is always funny

Rozabeez · 20-05-2007 11:59am

Lol, grammEr.

/rolls eyes.

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Davidius · 21-05-2007 7:07pm

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PurpleFistMixer · 21-05-2007 7:32pm

English, please.

philologos · 21-05-2007 8:11pm

I see leetspeaks back in fashion. I suggest we leave the bad "grammer" issue until later

PurpleFistMixer · 21-05-2007 8:13pm

I couldn't take it any longer. Thread title changed.

Piste · 21-05-2007 10:37pm

I'm moving this to the English forum as I doubt the OP is in JC

Tar.Aldarion · 23-05-2007 1:12pm

Ph3n0m wrote:

Ok I admit it

The real reason is that I get so sexually frustrated when I use incorrect grammar that is affecting my love life - my love of words.

Every time I try to talk dirty, I am constantly wondering "Am I using this in the strictest grammatical sense" - and by the time I am done thinking about that, and worrying about it - my hand has gone number, the air has left my inflatible love doll, and yore ma's bill is through the roof

Damn, that sounded funnier in my head

I thought I was the only one.
/Makes thread in Spell Czechs.

Orion · 06-07-2007 1:22am

matdabomb wrote:

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R394rd5
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Shouldn't that end "m@3"?
....
never mind - I got so lost in the l33t 5p34k that I just realised that m@t is your name

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