<Roy_of_Sealand> rob the store next to typhoon thai and save on gas
[15:13] <Quicksilver> Damn good thinking.
[15:13] <Quicksilver> I like where your head's at.
[15:13] <cronos-> head is at*
[15:13] <cronos-> there, i fixed that for you
[15:17] <cronos-> you can use contractions.. just use them correctly :)
[15:17] <cronos-> 's means ownership.. it is not a shortened form of noun + is
[15:18] <Quicksilver> it's
[15:18] <Quicksilver> he's
[15:18] <cronos-> there are always exceptions
[15:18] <Quicksilver> head's
[15:20] <Roy_of_Sealand> can you give an example of 's being a form of contracting the verb "to be" that does not use a pronoun?
[15:20] <Roy_of_Sealand> though i don't think 'he's' is correct either
[15:23] <IPv6Freely> Aww isn't that cute, Americans discussing English grammar.
[15:23] <cronos-> heh
[15:23] <IPv6Freely> sorry
[15:23] <IPv6Freely> Aww ain't that cute, Americans discussing English grammar.
[15:24] <cronos-> it's and there's are valid contractions with 's
[15:24] <cronos-> actually, i'm not sure if there's is a valid contraction
[15:24] <cronos-> heh
[15:24] <IPv6Freely> Use MS Word!
[15:25] <IPv6Freely> (Wait, MS Word uses American English, so it probably wouldn't pick up on bad grammar...)
[15:25] <Quicksilver> The second category is generally in the form of a pronoun (or occasionally a noun) plus an auxiliary verb or a form of to be, with the apostrophe replacing as few as one letter
[15:25] <IPv6Freely> The apostrophe should only be replacing vowels, if I recall.
[15:26] <cronos-> MS word doesn't have any problem with this sentence.. "Youre heads in the right places."
[15:27] <Quicksilver> You are head is in the right places.
[15:27] <cronos-> yeah
[15:27] <IPv6Freely> And that sounds like perfect American grammar. Point proven.
<Roy_of_Sealand> this coming from a version of pronunciation with no difference between, "about" and "a boot"
[15:42] <Roy_of_Sealand> What is that, a boot? or What is that about?
[15:43] <IPv6Freely> Don't even get started on pronounciation. You're from Arkansas.
[15:44] <Roy_of_Sealand> and
[15:44] <IPv6Freely> That's all.
[15:44] <Roy_of_Sealand> what pronunciation have i made that is incorrect?
[15:45] <Quicksilver> Well, if it wasn't for Arkansas, we'd all use a teethbrush.
[15:45] <Quicksilver> And you'd be from Arkansaw.
[15:45] <IPv6Freely> Yourself, none. You're far too anal to pronounce something incorrectly. But you should know better then anyone what bad pronounciation sounds like.
[15:46] <Roy_of_Sealand> heh, you said anal
[15:46] <Roy_of_Sealand> insert beavis laugh here
[15:47] <IPv6Freely> uhh huh huh huh