Monday, January 2, 2012

Dear people who...

Dear people who claim that they passed the second grade,

    Eventhough you claim you passed it, you clearly do not show it in writing. Honestly, it is not that hard to spell simple words like "to." I would think that after years of schooling we should be able to make our second grade teachers proud by knowing the difference between homophones. I would also gladly appreciate that people never use "texting" language outside of texting. It should even be used at a minimum when texting.
    Just in case people still do not know how to use everyday homophones I will give you a quick rundown.
Their: shows possession
There: refers to a place
They're: contracts 'they are'

Two: a number
To: Can be used as a preposition of movement
      Can be used as a preposition of direction
      Can be used in conjunction with times
      Can be used to mean 'receive'
      Can be used as the first part of an infinitive
Too: Used to mean 'more than sufficient' or 'very'
        Used to mean 'in addition to' or 'also'

Your: means belonging to you
You're: contracts "you are"

Now that you know all of this I hope that some of you could integrate this into your own lives. Also, please save the texting chat for texting, even then don't use it. It saves no time by say plz instead of please, ok two letters, big whoop. Itz hard 2 take some1 seriously wen dey tlk like dis 2 sve 1 ltr. It makes me think that you are stupid and have not been educated at all. Honestly, it is not any cooler; it makes me look down on people that talk like that because they cannot use proper spelling or grammar.

It also shows me that anyone who uses this language is lazy. If you cannot take the extra .005 of a second to type in an extra letter or figure out the difference between the most common homophones, what will you do when a tough, time excrutiatng task is at had? Will you take the time to finish it the right way? Or just blow it off  and do an awful job? When people talk like this I lean toward the latter. So please think 2x b4 u start 2 tlk like dis homie g sizzle.

Cordially,

Heather Hynick

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