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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 11:33 AM Feb 2017

I think we should cut all the people on the Internets who type "Your an idiot!" some slack.

Sure, these irony-deficient individuals haven't yet mastered the "your" versus "you're" distinction, but they at least have the common courtesy to place an "an" in front of a vowel.

Baby steps, people. Baby steps.

Progress--even ever-so-slight progress--ought to be rewarded and encouraged.

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I think we should cut all the people on the Internets who type "Your an idiot!" some slack. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2017 OP
I'll take "Your an idiot" over "URN idiot" any day of the week. Orrex Feb 2017 #1
Why would I yearn for an idiot? DetlefK Feb 2017 #4
Maybe it's a Grecian URN? Orrex Feb 2017 #6
That's right, Tommy True Dough Feb 2017 #2
They're hearts are in the right place. nt Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2017 #3
Nah, correct them every time. Adults and even kids should know the difference. brush Feb 2017 #5
Oh that vowel thing is my pet peeve!!! hamsterjill Feb 2017 #7

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
7. Oh that vowel thing is my pet peeve!!!
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 03:28 PM
Feb 2017

When I see someone use "a" in front of a word beginning with a vowel (or vowel sound), it drives me nuts. I immediately think "dumbass redneck" because I'm from Texas.

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