Castiel
on March 30, 2022
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Who wants a hoover for their mouth
Dyson air purifying headphones
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Reddy_Rachael
^ Read the original post that started this thread.
Castiel
The grammar police isn't happy
Spyder
“Who wants a Hoover for THEIR mouth”? This is the correct spelling, asking who wants a mask for personal use. “ Their, there, and they're are all pronounced the same way. Their is the possessive pronoun, as in "their car is red"; there is used as an adjective, "he is always there for me," a noun, &q...View More
Reddy_Rachael
I'm pretty certain it said "there" originally. It's almost as if Castiel read my post and edited it to make me look dumb. (But, as we can't see edits, is unverifiable. :()
Castiel
Maybe it was a reply I gave and got mixed up with the post?
BunnyMeows
I think this may be geared more toward pollution? Before Covid, masks were worn regularly in certain regions due to air pollution (crowded cities in China etc).
Graham-S
IIRC China was hit with SARS 20 or so years ago and that set them off with masks
Spyder
Their mask wearing goes back to before WWII, factories pumping out pollutants because they could, very lax sanitary conditions, and Sushi breath.
Brooders
Another expensive gimmick no one will buy unless they are Boris or Trumpet... and just to add seriously I make enough grammatical errors in my life that mean no more than marking a 16 year olds essay that is cut and paste crap. Give the police a break. I'm there with their and down with they're too ...View More
Graham-S
Most of us have a built in autocarrot so when we type and read back it makes sense - why authors and newspapers pay for proof-readers to check these things - it's all good :smile: