Apostrophe's

[narcimund 0]

I'n hono'r o'f th'e ne'w yea'r, I hav'e decide'd t'o joi'n th'e nationwid'e (worldwid'e?) movemen't t'o spontaneou's'ly spe'l'l ever'y wor'd wi'th a'n apostro'ph'e.

Ca'n some'one w'ith mo're experien'ce he'lp m'e under'stand th'e rule's? I thin'k its eithe'r:

1) Any word that end's in an "s" get's apostrophe's.
2) Any word tha't end's in an "s" or a "t" ge't's apostrophe's.
3) O'r its complete'ly rando'm a'n'd were bein'g judge'd o'n ou'r creativit'y

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[jessd 0]

I have never even heard of such a thing. It kind of gives you a headache to read that!

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..."

[Muenkel 0]

Narci,

Are you trying to lure Jessica out from lurking?

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[freeflir29 0]

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It kind of gives you a headache to read that!

You ain't kiddin!!!

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Are you trying to lure Jessica out from lurking?

Her "American Punctuation Society" emergency pager is probably going off right now. Red phone ringing off the hook.

[skymama 35]

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I have never even heard of such a thing. It kind of gives you a headache to read that!

I think narcimund's tongue is firmly planted in his cheek. Although, some days it is a valid complaint here on the forums. For me, I'd be happy if people could just use "your" and "you're" correctly.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[dterrick 0]

got one for ya:

We have a furniture store with a large lit sign reading "Dillon Interior's"

WTF? What possessed them to OK the proof?

Dave

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

[seedy 0]

Your right and I hope people follow you're intitiative!

And somebody please sneak in and remove the apostophe key from narcimund's keyboard!!

I intend to live forever -- so far, so good.

[Muenkel 0]

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For me, I'd be happy if people could just use "your" and "you're" correctly.

Do we give JT a pass on this?

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Chris

[narcimund 0]

The primary focu's of the movemen't ha's just been using apostrophe's to pluralize word's. But i'ts becoming common to see an apostrophe in any word that end's in "s".

Lately Ive been seeing some really creative new use's. Since some word's legitimately end in apostrophe-t (i.e., didn't, couldn't), some people are now using an apostrophe in any word tha't end's in "t". My favori'te new example is differen't.

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[christoofar 0]

Y'all ain't got nut'n on us Tx'ns who iz usin' them words to supplant 'dem syllables.

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[jessd 0]

I have not been lurking. I think that I have been posting a lot lately. It's been real slow at work.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..."

[Muenkel 0]

Sorry, I meant the other Jessica. Jessica the Editor in Chief.

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Chris

[jessd 0]

That's pretty funny. I was actually an English major in undergrad - I'm horrible at it though. (terrible speller and horrible grammer)

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..."

[skymama 35]

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(terrible speller and horrible grammer)

we believe you!

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[jessd 0]

That's funny

I was being honest!

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..."

[jtval 0]

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For me, I'd be happy if people could just use "your" and "you're" correctly.

Do we give JT a pass on this?

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[Jessica 0]

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[jtval 0]

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[freefallfreak 0]

LOL...yor rite...

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[Lolie 0]

My favorite are the signs that I drive past when I'm driving home from southern Idaho. There are a series...

The first, "Cherrie's."

The second, "Apple's."

The third, "Blackberrie's."

And the BEST one: "Asparagu's."

What is wrong with these people?!

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it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

[quatorze 1]

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I have never even heard of such a thing. It kind of gives you a headache to read that!

I think narcimund's tongue is firmly planted in his cheek. Although, some days it is a valid complaint here on the forums. For me, I'd be happy if people could just use "your" and "you're" correctly.

Me too, me too! How about "their" and "there"? What about "It's" that is a conjuction of it is not the posseive form of it, that is "its"

I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

[ernokaikkonen 0]

>et luks lyke ure gust gonna hav ta deel wit me spelin.

Ouch. Headache. Flashback. You "sound" like Snuffy on wreckdot. When I lurked there, I had to skip his posts because they took me twice as long to read...

[Guest]

AVAST! Belay the offending squiggle!

It amazes me how many people don't know how to use the damned thing (Jawohl, 'tis a pet peeve of mine)...

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[indyz 1]

Everybody pay attention to Bob.

[ernokaikkonen 0]

Hey! That's something I've been wondering about: Bob says pluralizing "VCR" with an apostrophe is wrong, but is it? What's the right way of pluralizing an abbreviation?