They're getting their things over there...

I am sick and tired...wait, strike that. Just tired. Yes, I'm tired of people who never learned basic grammar in elementary school. How difficult is it for people to use the words there, their, they're, your, and you're????

Whenever I see someone comment on a facebook photo with something like: "So-and-so, your awesome!" I want to say, "Your awesome what? Your awesome sense of fashion? Your awesome photo? Your awesome girlfriend?" Then I want to ask, "If that's what you meant, were you going to finish that sentence with, 'Your awesome girlfriend is hot?' Or maybe, 'Your awesome photo is...awesome?' Perhaps, 'Your awesome sense of fashion is the envy of everyone I know?'"

Whenever I see that all-too-common grammar mistake, my estimation of that person's intelligence drops...a lot. If you suffer from this problem, the correct word to use would have been the contraction "you're," not the possessive "your." i.e. "You're (you ARE) awesome."

Let's continue the grammar lesson.

There:
-location (either literal or figurative): "She is there now."
-used to introduce a sentence or clause in which the verb comes before its subject or has no complement: "There is no hope."

Their:
-a form of the possessive case of they, used as an attributive adjective, before a noun: "their home; their rights as citizens; their departure for Rome."

They're:
-contraction of the words they and are: they're (they are) going somewhere


And now for my exhortation: I could care less about your grammatic ability or lack thereof, but please please please learn how to use these basic words properly. Not only so I don't get annoyed with you, but so that you don't sound like an idiot in front of people who are a bit more important than me (potential future employers, professors, etc.).

There we are.