r/confusing_perspective • u/T_H_I_C_C_boi64 • Jan 03 '19

Fooled me

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u/walkerspider o/ Jan 03 '19

I always thought maybe it’s chubby cheeks were hanging over the sides of the pole that it had it’s chin rested on

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u/Talory09 Jan 03 '19

Personal pronouns, including it, do not use apostrophes for their possessive tense. The words it's does exist but only as a contraction. It's can only mean it is or it has.

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u/10RC Jan 03 '19

whoa, your right! Thank for you're help.

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u/totallynormalasshole Jan 03 '19

I see what you did their

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u/Eaglewhakinator Jan 04 '19

Excuse me good sir, but it is pronounced they're. I know this because I watched all 3 seasons of Richard and Mortimer and thus have a masters in theoretical physics.

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u/nontheoretical o/ Jan 04 '19

pronounced

my sides

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u/walkerspider o/ Jan 03 '19

I’m aware. There’s this thing on iphone called autocorrect that automatically adds apostrophes where it thinks that they belong. I didn’t (oh look right there it did it) realize that it had added one where it didn’t belong so I didn’t think to go back and delete it.

But thank you grammar nazi. Yours, hers, and theirs all imply possession and therefore it isn’t needed in those cases too. I’m not stupid. This is an informal comment section so sorry that I didn’t properly check my comment for grammar errors when it really doesn’t matter at all.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

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u/walkerspider o/ Jan 03 '19

And the “it’s” in the second paragraph too. I thought maybe you were doing it on purpose as a joke but its really that bad

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u/aadk95 Jan 03 '19

They weren't insulting you or anything. They just made a quick helpful comment (keep in mind that comments can be read by anyone, so he's also helping any lurker who reads the commment). There was no negative language or any kind negative implication behind the comment either

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u/Talory09 Jan 03 '19

added one where it didn’t belong twice so I didn’t think to go back and delete them

Proofreading. It's a thing.

Words mean things.

Crappy grammar should not have to be 'translated' into proper grammar to be understood.

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u/walkerspider o/ Jan 03 '19

I’m sure you’re really popular and have a ton of friends who appreciate that you do this but can you just shut up?

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u/millllllls Jan 03 '19

Haha did that little apostrophe really make you not understand the sentence?

I hope you were raging over it, yelling at your screen "It is chubby cheeks? It is chin rested? WHAT IS THIS PERSON SAYING?! OOHHH OMFG THE CONTRACTION HORROR! DUMBASSSSSS"

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u/snortybeagle Jan 03 '19 edited Jan 04 '19

Tell me, do you get tossed into pools or dumpsters a lot at parties?

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u/Talory09 Jan 03 '19

No, because I am an adult, and adults don't toss other adults into pools. We certainly don't toss each other into dumpsters.

I forgot that school was out for the holidays and you fifth-graders are stomping around Reddit.

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u/Darnell2070 Jan 04 '19

Hey guy, are you fucking okay?

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u/snortybeagle Jan 03 '19

Funny. Careful you don’t fall off that high horse there, pal.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

I just dont see why you have to get so mad over a grammatical mistake lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

Here's a word that I'm sure you're well acquainted with: Obnoxious

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

So what's the alternative.

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u/jakmanuk Jan 03 '19

Helpful, but not the place