(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); For today, I'm going to be your new English teacher. Seems like some of you need it. You might think this is pointless because it's the interent, but I can garuntee that many people spell words wrong or make a lot of mistakes in everyday use. Also, if you want to become a moderator on this site, as shown in the sticky in 'Site Announcments', u cnt tlk lyke dis n expct t b a mod. Let's begin!

I'm and Am.

Many people don't seem to know how to use these two words. Many times, I see "Am going to go...". This is incorrect.
I'm, or I am, refers to what you are doing. Such as, "Mum, I'm going to the shop..." or "I'm playing the Xbox..."

Your and You're.

Your is to indicate someones belonging. "Barry, you forgot YOUR bag." or "I'm coming over to YOUR house."
You're is the abbriviation of you are. This is to be used in sentences such as "You're sitting in my seat." or "You're not helping."

There, their and they're.

There has mulitple definistions.
1)In or to that place - "They went over there."
2)Used to call attention to something - "There's a good boy"
3)To introduce a sentence where the verb comes before its subject - "There was plenty to eat"

Their
This is to indicate something belonging to them. "Their coats are over there."
Belonging to a person. "Somebody has left their coat on the bus."

They're
Meaning they are. To be used in sentences such as "They're going to the fair." or "They're leaving tomorrow."


? (question mark)

Many times, I see people who write a sentence and finish of with a question mark to add a sense of confusion, such as, "But that's not real?" or "you did that wrong?"
This can be corrected by actually adding a question, such as, "But that's not real, is it?" or "You did that wrong, didn't you?"

, (Comma)

Commas don't, but do (we'll get to that in a minute), have set places. Commas are supposed to mark a pause in a sentence or to seperate items in a list. While there isn't a set place, they should be put in where many people are most likely going to need a quick breath.
Example "While there isn't a set place they should be put in where many people are most likely going to need a quick breath."
With comma(s) "While there isn't a set place, they should be put in where many people are most likely going to need a quick breath."

Commas also save lives. A sentence such as "We are going to eat Grandma" makes it sound a bit cannibleistic. Add a comma before Grandma, "We are going to eat, Grandma" makes it sound like you are eating your dinner instead of your actual Grandma.
You should only add a comma before a name if you are addressing someone, such as "you wasn't there was you, Frodo?"

! (Excalamtion mark)

These are generally used to add a sense of excitment to a sentence, and to get away from a monotone style voice. A phrase such as "we won" sounds dull. Adding an exclamation mark and excitment sounds more cheerful, "We won!"


Capital letters.

These are to be used at the start of a sentence, someones name or a place, such as "Jonny Swashbucket, Gabriel Demitri, Austrailia, China, Electronic Arts, Infinity Ward and so on. Using A Capital Letter At The Stary Of Every Letter Or In ThE MiDdLe oF A lEtTer LoOkS StUpiD, and is incredibly hard to do.


These, to me, seem to be the common mistakes. If anyone has anymore, tell me and I might add them.
This took ages to write so I would appreciate it if you didn't critisice it by saying "I know about all this, what a shit post" or whatever. Fact is, you should all know it, you just don't use it.
Like I said in my first sentence, if you want to become a mod, you can't use appaling grammar, so just a heads up to the people who don't look at the site announcment stickies but one day applies for mod who can't use correct grammar.

Best thread ever.

Seems like common sense, but I see tons of people who actually need this

Lol, this is funny because it wont change anything. A lot of people just dont care if they make mistakes or not. It's not like were writing a essay when we post.

It's also funny how there are oh so many grammar mistakes in that post, but as you said, people don't usually care

Anyways, this is a great thread. I know so many people that should read this.

Thank you!
I hate to see people make mistakes with their grammar, since most of them are from the US.
I think my english grammar is quite well, and english is my third language. How hard can it be to see the difference between "There" "Their" and "where", "wear" and those things.
And for the people saying that they're not writing an essay while posting on this forum;
You write essays to get better at grammar in real life, and on the internet. You don't do it for the sole purpose of writing an essay.

Also, remember your apostrophies (yes, misspelled, i'm sorry.) kids!

i guess it's cool but a lot of people don't wanna be mods and just want to type how they want w/o any restrictions.

I hope this will teach some people how to use their words. I always get mixed up with the "there" "their".
I hate seeing this as a sentence; oi oi ladz hw u all doin!
Thanks for the post mate will help me with some things too =D

Yes, i can see that.
It's "Their"

Let's start with the title of the thread. It is a title so every important word should be capitalized so that's where you first went wrong when you made the title, "NGU English lesson" instead of capitalizing the L in lesson like so, "NGU English Lesson".

Let's see, you've got some grammar/spelling issues here so let's go through and correct them for you . (I will Bold what I changed and then put in parenthesis what you did wrong )



All corrections are bold and have parenthesis's after them telling you what you did wrong .