My wife is in medical school and still can't get the "there, their, they're" meanings, nor the "your, you're" differences. She also consistently butchers "definately", "conveinent", and probably quite a few other words that aren't coming to me at the moment. I don't get it. The woman reads about 200 pages textbook stuff each day, gets good grades in med school, but spells at about a Grade 5 level. Spelling, I think, is kinda like the ability to draw; you've either got it, or ya don't.
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You know, if your having trouble with you're "your" and "you're", you can always study some books on grammar; the reason there their is for they're incredible usefulness in helping master yore proper usage
you are probably a product of the feely good education system in the US. no wonder America cannot compete internationally.
It is strange, but a few years ago I was relatively careful about my spelling and grammar. Then I started programming again to place information onto my charts and my spelling went to hell. I'm thinking that it might be the abbreviations and pseudo-words I use for memory variables and the like, which don't need to be real words as long as they are typed consistently so the code compiles. Typing e-mails doesn't really enforce good writing habits either, since we tend to write colloquially in a sloppier speaking style.