Pet Peeves #1

I am going to take this moment to get up on my soap box and speak out about a couple of  my pet peeves.

I am NOT a "grammar Nazi," but come on people.  It is not that hard to proofread things before you post them online.  Spell check cannot help you when the word you type is an actually word.  It cannot tell you that you are using it in the wrong context.  Here are three on the biggest offenders that I see online everyday.
 
1) Your versus You're. 
              YOUR means that it belongs to you.  It is your car.  It is your house.  It is your dictionary and you should use it. 
              YOU'RE is a contraction that means YOU ARE.  You're a dumbass.  You're using the wrong spelling.  You're a high school graduate?

2) There vs. They're vs. Their.
                THERE is a place.  Put in there.  He lives there.  There is where you park the car.
                THEY'RE is a contraction that marries THEY ARE.  They're going to the movies  They're getting married.  
                 THEIR means belonging the them.  It is their place.  It is their car.  It is their dictionary, learn to use it.

3) One vs. Won
                 One is a number.  There is one brain cell left in his head.  He only had one drink.  He scored one run.
                 Won means that you or someone else has been victorious.  He won the spelling bee.  The Braves won the game.  I won the lottery - in my dreams.

Ok.  Soapbox rant is over.  Too often we - as a whole - depend way too much on our computers and spellcheck.  Spell check is not all knowing and all seeing.  It can tell you if a word is spelled wrong or not, but it cannot tell you if you are using the word in the wrong context.  Turn off spellcheck and keep your brain sharp.