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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread your, you're #10199 11/13/00 02:56 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 2 Burlington, Ontario, Canada D D.Loaring OP stranger OP D.Loaring stranger D Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 2 Burlington, Ontario, Canada Anyone else worried about incorrect use of "your" becoming part of Standard English? I see it everywhere, including on today's AWADmail: "Of course this leads to some interesting puns in British English that don't work in US English ("I'll give you a ring unless your engaged" has two meanings in UK English but only one in US English). David Loaring David Loaring Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted your, you're D.Loaring 11/13/00 02:56 PM Re: your, you're Jackie 11/13/00 04:29 PM Re: your, you're of troy 11/13/00 04:35 PM Re: your, you're D.Loaring 11/14/00 01:21 PM Re: your, you're FishonaBike 11/14/00 04:00 PM Re: your, you're tsuwm 11/14/00 04:24 PM Re: your, you're maverick 11/14/00 04:57 PM Re: your, you're FishonaBike 11/15/00 04:44 PM Re: your, you're maverick 11/15/00 04:52 PM Re: your, you're FishonaBike 11/15/00 05:09 PM Re: your, you're RhubarbCommando 11/17/00 08:35 AM Re: your, you're maverick 11/17/00 12:17 PM Re: your, you're RhubarbCommando 11/17/00 03:10 PM Re: your, you're maverick 11/17/00 04:34 PM Re: your, you're RhubarbCommando 11/22/00 11:41 AM Re: your, you're lusy 11/24/00 07:34 AM Re: your, you're Bobyoungbalt 12/12/00 04:22 PM Re: your, you're tsuwm 12/12/00 04:30 PM Re: your, you're RhubarbCommando 12/12/00 04:33 PM Re: your, you're maverick 12/12/00 04:37 PM Re: your, you're Capital Kiwi 12/12/00 05:05 PM Re: your, you're Bobyoungbalt 12/12/00 05:44 PM British spelling TEd Remington 12/12/00 06:42 PM Re: British spelling Max Quordlepleen 12/12/00 06:50 PM In defence of "defense" Capital Kiwi 12/13/00 12:01 AM in defence of "defense" RhubarbCommando 12/13/00 09:50 AM Re: in defence of "defense" Capital Kiwi 12/13/00 04:24 PM Re: in defence of "defense" maverick 12/13/00 05:19 PM Re: in defence of "defense" of troy 12/13/00 05:35 PM Re: in defence of "defense" Capital Kiwi 12/13/00 08:46 PM Re: in defence of "defense" Capital Kiwi 12/13/00 08:48 PM Owed to Spell Checker Marty 12/13/00 09:06 PM Re: Owed to Spell Checker Capital Kiwi 12/13/00 09:25 PM Re: Owed to Spell Checker Faldage 12/13/00 09:45 PM Re: Owed to Spell Checker: Part II Faldage 12/13/00 09:50 PM Re: Owed to Spell Checker: Part II belMarduk 12/13/00 11:00 PM Re: Owed to Spell Checker: Part II Capital Kiwi 12/14/00 12:40 AM Re: Owed to Spell Checker: Part II Faldage 12/14/00 02:06 PM Re: Owed to Spell Checker: Part II satin 02/28/01 06:30 PM Re: Owed to Spell Checker: Part II Anonymous 02/28/01 06:34 PM Re: your, you're FishonaBike 11/15/00 04:55 PM Re: your, you're Max Quordlepleen 11/14/00 06:34 PM Re: your, you're Max Quordlepleen 11/14/00 06:41 PM Re: your, you're Jackie 11/15/00 01:50 AM Commas Marty 11/15/00 02:02 AM Re: your, you're Max Quordlepleen 11/15/00 04:37 AM Re: your, you're maverick 11/15/00 12:15 PM Re: your, you're tsuwm 11/15/00 03:07 PM Re: your, you're maverick 11/15/00 03:12 PM Re: your, you're wow 11/26/00 01:17 PM Re: your, you're Max Quordlepleen 11/26/00 06:46 PM Re: your, you're Jackie 11/26/00 06:51 PM Re: your, you're Max Quordlepleen 11/26/00 07:09 PM Re: your, you're Jackie 11/27/00 02:34 AM Re: your, you're AnnaStrophic 11/27/00 02:43 PM Re: your, you're wow 11/26/00 07:02 PM Re: your, you're jmh 12/06/00 12:02 PM Saw a louse chase a mouse Faldage 12/06/00 07:36 PM Re: your, you're AnnaStrophic 11/14/00 04:54 PM Re: your, you're AnnaStrophic 11/14/00 05:07 PM Re: your, you're Elion 12/05/00 01:53 AM Re: your, you're tsuwm 12/05/00 01:43 PM Re: your, you're Capital Kiwi 12/05/00 05:04 PM Re: your, you're Elion 12/05/00 07:16 PM change wsieber 12/06/00 07:37 AM Re: "corrections" jmh 12/06/00 11:53 AM Mea culpa shanks 12/06/00 12:28 PM Re: Mea culpa Faldage 12/06/00 07:47 PM Re: Mea culpa jmh 12/07/00 12:00 AM Re: Loose & lose RhubarbCommando 12/07/00 10:40 AM Re: "corrections" Max Quordlepleen 12/06/00 09:29 PM oops Elion 12/07/00 10:30 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... 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