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perpetual_motion) wrote2007-07-30 02:11 pm
perpetual_motion) wrote2007-07-30 02:11 pm
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Stop! Grammar Time!
"Their" is a possessive pronoun:
Their house was situated back from the road, behind a low stone wall and warded with enough spells to knock any unwelcome visitor ten feet. Harry had thought it was a bit much, but the high-pitched, quickly covered giggle it had produced from Severus was well worth hearing Ron complain about the occasional bruise.
"They're" is a contraction of the words "They" and "Are":
"Where'd they go?" Bill asked as he looked left and right. Percy and Oliver had been nearby just a few moments before.
"They're by Gryffindor Tower," Charlie pointed. "Or what's left, anyway."
"There" is a location:
"Where'd they go?" Bill asked as he looked left and right. Percy and Oliver had been nearby just a few moments before.
"They're over there," Charlie pointed, "by Gryffindor Tower, or what's left, anyway."
"Your" is a possessive pronoun:
"Hey! Those are mine!" Harry yelled when he found Draco eating the cakes Molly had sent him.
"I don't see your name on them, Potter," Draco said with a sneer.
You're is a contraction of "You" and "Are"
"You've lost it," Hermione said as she watched Harry start to climb the rubble.
"I'll be fine, Hermione. Mr. Weasley and the others charmed the whole pile so it won't crumble while I'm on it."
"You're out of your mind," Hermione stated, but she stayed near the rubble, wand at the ready, just in case Harry's foot slipped.
This grammar time brought to you by the letter "J", as in, "Jesus H., it's not that hard."
Their house was situated back from the road, behind a low stone wall and warded with enough spells to knock any unwelcome visitor ten feet. Harry had thought it was a bit much, but the high-pitched, quickly covered giggle it had produced from Severus was well worth hearing Ron complain about the occasional bruise.
"They're" is a contraction of the words "They" and "Are":
"Where'd they go?" Bill asked as he looked left and right. Percy and Oliver had been nearby just a few moments before.
"They're by Gryffindor Tower," Charlie pointed. "Or what's left, anyway."
"There" is a location:
"Where'd they go?" Bill asked as he looked left and right. Percy and Oliver had been nearby just a few moments before.
"They're over there," Charlie pointed, "by Gryffindor Tower, or what's left, anyway."
"Your" is a possessive pronoun:
"Hey! Those are mine!" Harry yelled when he found Draco eating the cakes Molly had sent him.
"I don't see your name on them, Potter," Draco said with a sneer.
You're is a contraction of "You" and "Are"
"You've lost it," Hermione said as she watched Harry start to climb the rubble.
"I'll be fine, Hermione. Mr. Weasley and the others charmed the whole pile so it won't crumble while I'm on it."
"You're out of your mind," Hermione stated, but she stayed near the rubble, wand at the ready, just in case Harry's foot slipped.
This grammar time brought to you by the letter "J", as in, "Jesus H., it's not that hard."