Dick Quickwood Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 your ( P ) Pronunciation Key (yr, yôr, yr; yr when unstressed) adj. The possessive form of you. Used as a modifier before a noun: your boots; your accomplishments. A person's; one's: The light switch is on your right. Informal. Used with little or no sense of possession to indicate a type familiar to the listener: your basic three-story frame house. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Middle English, from Old English ower, genitive of g, ye. See you.] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. [buy it] your You You ([=u]), pron. [Possess. Your ([=u]r) or Yours ([=u]rz); dat. & obj. You.] [OE. you, eou, eow, dat. & acc., AS. e['o]w, used as dat. & acc. of ge, g[=e], ye; akin to OFries. iu, io, D. u, G. euch, OHG. iu, dat., iuwih, acc., Icel. y[eth]r, dat. & acc., Goth. izwis; of uncertain origin. [root]189. Cf. Your.] The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye. Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed. --Chaucer. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. --Shak. In vain you tell your parting lover You wish fair winds may waft him over. --Prior. Note: Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet properly always with a plural verb. ``Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired ?'' --Shak. You and your are sometimes used indefinitely, like we, they, one, to express persons not specified. ``The looks at a distance like a new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods.'' --Addison. ``Your medalist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagine.'' --Addison. ``It is always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do, but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt.'' --Hook. You is often used reflexively for yourself of yourselves. ``Your highness shall repose you at the tower.'' --Shak. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. your Your ([=u]r), pron. & a. [OE. your, [yogh]our, eowr, eower, AS. e['o]wer, originally used as the gen. of ge, g[=e], ye; akin to OFries. iuwer your, OS. iuwar, D. uw, OHG. iuw[=e]r, G. euer, Icel. y[eth]ar, Goth. izwara, izwar, and E. you. [root]189. See You.] The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you. Note: The possessive takes the form yours when the noun to which it refers is not expressed, but implied; as, this book is yours. ``An old fellow of yours.'' --Chaucer. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. your Thou Thou, pron. [sing.: nom. Thou; poss. Thyor Thine; obj. Thee. Pl.: nom. You; poss. Youror Yours; obj. You.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS. [eth][=u], [eth]u; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. [thorn][=u], Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. [root]185. Cf. Thee, Thine, Te Deum.] The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style. Art thou he that should come? --Matt. xi. 3. Note: ``In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty.'' --Skeat. Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou. ____________________________________________________________ you're ( P ) Pronunciation Key (yr; yr when unstressed) Contraction of you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze One Million Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 Originally posted by Daze One Million i was just about to ask; "wasnt this a sticky" so anyway, anyone know why they destickified it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 croud crowd1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kroud) n. A large number of persons gathered together; a throng. The common people; the populace. A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation: the over-30 crowd. A group of people attending a public function; an audience: The play drew a small but appreciative crowd. A large number of things positioned or considered together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 loging logging Log Log, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Logged; p. pr. & vb. n. Logging.] (Naut.), To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run. --J. F. Cooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 Originally posted by TerraRyzeR [eego [/b] e·go ( P ) Pronunciation Key (g, g) n. pl. e·gos The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves. In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality. An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit. Appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intangible Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 this thread was lost.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToYs Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 OH SNAP! Bring this shit back for old times sake.... gotta love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I remember when this shit was created... cept I didn't post then. What happened to this guy? Or is he among us with a plastic nose and fake glasses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppa.k Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 bump for people who should use search engines.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effyoo Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Bump because i'm sick of seeing people using 'to' when it should be 'too'. I didn't bother searching the entire thread but I'm sure it was covered. here's a small version.... Too: 1. In addition; also: He's coming along too. 2. More than enough; excessively: She worries too much. 3. To a regrettable degree: My error was all too apparent. 4. Very; extremely; immensely: He's only too willing to be of service. 5. Informal. Indeed; so: You will too do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiffer Jet Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 I'm still bent on the use of apostrophes. you use apostrophes only when it involves ownership of some sort, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
test pattern Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 ownership or if you're combining words. you know, things like: she's: she is there's: there is we're: we are girl's: the girl pwnz0r it girls': plural girls pwnz0r all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiffer Jet Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Originally posted by test pattern@Dec 18 2004, 10:03 AM ownership or if you're combining words. you know, things like: she's: she is there's: there is we're: we are girl's: the girl pwnz0r it girls': plural girls pwnz0r all Quoted post Nigga, I know that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
test pattern Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 OK WORD FOOL MY FAULT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOOGLE? Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 this thread is like krypyonite to me.. can somebody get rid of all the damn sticky threads in the yard.. fuck correct typing grammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 w3rd word Audio pronunciation of "word" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wûrd) n. 1. A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Bump for the less unfortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiliStCynical Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Bump for the less unfortunate. I think double negatives are covered in here somewhere... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 ^But probably not sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 ba dum cha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 1234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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