I would just like to point out yet another failure on the part of our educational system as fine upstanding folk of the wizarding world. I may just be the office wankstick, only available to take absurd trips to countries like Cuba (for mating cats), Pakistan (for that special curry), or Germany (lederhosen, apparently the look is coming back). A glorified courier, if you will, who gets sent on daily errands of picking up lunch, dry cleaning, or walking the Ambassador's cat (yes, you heard me, Mr Timmons is a leash-kitty). And sometime editor for the weekly office newsletter.
I may be all of those things, yes. I may be on the bottom of the totem pole as far as terms of Ministry Bureaucracy goes. But at least I still retain the lessons I learned from my primary education in the Muggle school system. For example:
Your = a possessive case of you. The jacket is yours.
You're = a contraction of you are. You're certain of that?
There = where something is. The jacket is over there.
Their = a possessive case of they. The jackets are theirs.
They're = a contraction of they are. They're going over there.
Are = a simple present tense of to be. Are you listening?
Our = a possessive case of us. This is our spot.
Two = a number signifying more than one but less than three. I have two jackets.
To* = used for expressing a point, limit, or action. He walked over to the chair to pick up his jacket.
Too = in addition, also, as well. He wanted a jacket like that too.
*I realize that to is a verbose word, with a number of different uses depending on whether it is used as a preposition or verb. In this particular rant I was merely using it to signify that there exists a difference between to & too.And that, ministry officials, is
your vocabulary lesson for the day. Please take these lessons
to heart as the fact that my superiors
are far less intelligent than me makes me frequently want to
go postal.
And to think there are actually people questioning why I end each day with a fat spliff and a cuddle from my Pookie. If I didn't I might actually give into those homicidal thoughts.