The misuse and abuse of the apostrophe is a hideous crime. Certainly something can be done to thwart the repeated improper uses.
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The misuse and abuse of the apostrophe is a hideous crime. Certainly something can be done to thwart the repeated improper uses.
Last edited by Ken Fitzgerald; 10-19-2009 at 11:06 PM.
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Let's start a pool to bet on how soon we'll see Godwin's Law turn up.
Jason Beam
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Goebbels would NEVER have misused an apostropheOriginally Posted by Jason Beam
Let's start a pool to bet on how soon we'll see Godwin's Law turn up.
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Tom Veatch
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How about the comma? Don't forget the misuse of the comma
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sprinkled like confetti are good!
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Ahh the colloquial diversity of the unwashed masses.
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Shouldn't there have been a comma after Ahh?
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I, don''''t, know, what, the, big, deal, is?
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"The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe" - Frank Zappa
Dave B - Parkville, MD
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Yeah, I started the thread, left for a while, came back and posted without proofing. A kind mod would fix that. Then again, maybe not.
Last edited by Ken Fitzgerald; 10-19-2009 at 11:07 PM.
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Greg,
Don't let the word get out!
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....
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Depends on what word you are speaking of. Thanks for covering me. That was an Uff da moment.
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Seems to be grammar month this October at the Creek Off Topic forum.
Most apostrophe mistakes don't irk me. Apostrophes can be tricky -- especially it's/its. A lot of very smart people confuse them. And we're not all editors.
Even at the newspaper, we had a large sign on the paste-up wall that read:
It's -- It is
Its -- Belongs to it
One apostrophe mistake, however, is unforgivable -- when you see a sign in front of a house and it reads, "The Johnson's" or "The Larsen's" or "The Zappa's."
(It hurt me just typing the above sentence. My eyes are bleeding.)
If you have one of these signs (with the apostrophe catastrophe), please take it down, burn it, and then scatter the ashes. (Or, add "sign" under your name to make it grammatically correct. e.g. "The Zappa's Sign")
Deflation: When I was a kid, an E-ticket meant I was about to go on the ride of my life. Today, an E-ticket means a miserable ride.
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We just need a simple way to remember the rules. Something like "I before E except after C ---"
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No, you have to mention them by name. The punctuation Nazis that is. I win!!Goebbels would NEVER have misused an apostrophe
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