lets vs let's

[Prezbucky]

let's = let us
lets = third-person singular form of "to let"

apostrophes are used for good reason -- they're used so that readers know the difference between a possessive and a non-possessive, a simple plural word and a possessive, etc.

I dare us to drop the apostrophe -- then try understanding your students' term papers.

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of course, there are times when it's employed improperly:

"The Henderson's are coming home."

--> Since "Henderson" is the name of one person in this clan, logically we would refer to more than one of that clan as "Herdersons".

"If you watch the video closely, you see how the dog let's the possum go."

-->Let's = let us

"Your going to give me herpes, you slob!"

--> Your = possessive pronoun ; You're = you are

etc.
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I say we revere the rules of the apostrophe and keep them holy... lest we make it more difficult to understand the written word. Let's respect the ap'st'phe!
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[Prezbucky]

i'm seeing a lot of this again (unbelievably) -- not in here, but at work:

"Customer wants to disconnect it's service"

"Its Friday -- welcome to employee appreciation day!"

makes me sick
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[Molly]

[Prezbucky]

yeah, we can be informal in here -- no big deal to me. heck, I write things like "gonna" and probably make all sorts of typos when I post in here.

We should all try to be good and proper in the context of formal writing though (imo).
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[Lost_Soul]

[Torsten]

[Yankee]

[Yankee]

[Prezbucky]

yeah

(nice answer, huh? lol)
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[Dan.va]

It is one thing to be sloppy, or use dialectic. Though the burning question I have, do people who make that mistake know the difference? Furthermore, if they did know the difference, were they that lazy to make it? Grammar rules exist to make mainly the written language more easily understood... So careless grammar mistakes, though they don't always make a sentence hard to understand, they certainly do detract from readability.

On an internet forum, relatively informal, I believe it can be forgiven if a person makes such a mistake. Not so much could be said in my opinion if a person simply did not know the difference and simply does not know grammar. At work I'm seeing a lot of mistakes in English coming from a manager of mine, spells signature, "signiture," and a whole slew of other mistakes - it just feels unprofessional. It is argument that grammatical sloppiness on the internet is habit forming and therefore should be avoided. In general, grammar and spelling errors just make a text harder to read.

[Diverhank]

[Dan.va]

diverhank, alot is not a word! Did you mean allot?

[Diverhank]

Instead of "a lot", many native kids write "alot" instead.

[Stew.t.]

Hi guys

I think the issue is if the person recognises the mistakes and then redresses them, don´t you?

Everybody makes mistakes, most try to learn from them.

I have a typing issue with from and form at the moment ; )
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