grammar refresher - Page 1

yes, i'm being picky, but trying to help some folks out at the same time.

DOMINANT is an adjective.  adjectives modify nouns.  please use this word when writing about the character of your dog.

DOMINATE  is a verb.  it shows action.  please use this word in writing about your dog's behavior.

EXAMPLES:

my dog is a very DOMINANT dog.  he likes to DOMINATE other dogs.

thank you.

pjp

Ziegenfarm.....you are trying to educate a crowd of so many who do not give a damn whether they can write the language or not........and who cares about spelling either?

 But good try. It is depressing when one sees illiterate Americans who supposedly had a free education. The saddest part is they don't care whether they can express themselves or not. There are so many posts here by Americans that are embarrassing. A typo once in a while is one thing.....not understanding the difference between words is another altogether.

Conformation vs confirmation

There vs their

And idiots like ronnierunco...................pathetic.

YEs, NOw i am giong OUt to DOM INATE Goran

I am an Englishman, but i never learned to spell, and i got displed from school for not learning to spel

Steve

Like  maybe a good name for two dogs....DOMNI    and NATE....  lol

YR

As long as i know what people are meaning, spelling does not bother me, sorry guys. liz

We ALL make mistakes... my mother was a stickler for everything to do with the English Language, so I try to get it right... but so what, like Liz says, as long as we know what they're on about!

My mother would have mentioned the op and no caps! LOL

See, i did not even notice that Missbeeb,lol. liz

Lighten up on the spelling, grammar and puctuation criticisms.  If the language is not clear, ask polite questions so that there is communication.

Many contributors here speak and write English as their second (or third or fourth) language. I commend them for their bravery and skills.  English is a very tough language to learn even for those of us who were raised speaking it.  I cannot imagine how difficult it is for those who learned English as an adult.  Good for you, don't be embarrassed if there are a few oopsies.

In addition, there are many here who are "public school victims". 

Hodie said, "...It is depressing when one sees illiterate Americans who supposedly had a free education." 

Unfortunately, in today's version of public schools, you often get what you paid for, nothing.  It has been a downhill slide since the sixties.  I am so sad to admit that my generation is responsible for much of the decline.  I am thankful that my parents scraped together the money to send me to a German Catholic school in the heart of the inner city slum I grew up in during the 1950's. 

My mother's first language was Arabic/Aramaic.  It was quite a struggle for her to become literate in English.  I did not make fun of her as an adult, but, during my mispent youth, I was cruel and for that I am truly sorry.

I am grateful for the education by those strict Germanic Dominican nuns armed with rulers and knowledge.  I do not ridicule others who were not so lucky as I.

Mystere, you never know what peoples lives were like when they were growing up.  Some simply don't think that it's important, some didn't attend school so often... who knows?  It's world wide, not peculiar to America.