Apostrophe catastrophe

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tim, will you stop doing that apostrophe thing? or i'lll come up there and teach you.
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emilystrange wrote:tim, will you stop doing that apostrophe thing? or i'lll come up there and teach you.
Be strict with him Ems :twisted: . He's doing it to spite me now.

"Miss! Miss! Tim's throwing apostrophes at me!!!" ;D
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What are these apostrophe thing's that you're going on about? :innocent:
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Whats an apostrophe? :innocent:
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Motz wrote:What are these apostrophe thing's that you're going on about? :innocent:
What, apostrophe's? :innocent:
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*grabs motz and tim by the ear and sits them down'

in general, you only freakin use it to denote a missing letter or possession (genitive case) of an item DO NOT use it everytime there's and 's', and especially not for a non possessive plural!!!!

or bloody else.
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http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/

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Should be part of everyone's bookmarks.
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Miss, boudicca's abusing the plural's too :cry:
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where? and you're doing it again
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Here!
boudicca wrote: What, apostrophe's?
Anyhow, I'm going to grow up now. Grammatically correct apostrophes only from Motz 8)
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And mine weren't? :|
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you're not allowed to ironically abuse apostrophes till you're over 18, lol...
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emilystrange wrote:*grab's motz and tim by the ear and 'sit's them down

in general, you only freakin u'se it to denote a mi's'sing letter or po's'se's'sion (genitive ca'se) of an item DO NOT u'se it everytime there's an 's, and e'specially not for a non po's'se's'sive plural!!!!

or bloody el'se.
fixed. ;)
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*sulks off into the corner* :von:

I don't want to play with the off topic threads anyway ¬¬

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MARK!!!!
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What the bloody hell was that?

Am I learning? In my free time? Ye Gods!

:P

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markfiend wrote:
emilystrange wrote:*grab's motz and tim by the ear and 'sit's them down

in general, you only freakin u'se it to denote a mi's'sing letter or po's'se's'sion (genitive ca'se) of an item DO NOT u'se it everytime there's an 's, and e'specially not for a non po's'se's'sive plural!!!!

or bloody el'se.
fixed. ;)
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well at least you learnt THAT..
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It'll be bean's on toast next...
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...split from the Kids' TV derail.

Blimey.
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Mr fiend is now in detention, mod or not.
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Damn it, why can it always be traced back to me?

This isn't my fault.
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I think I should just point out that my post above was merely an illustration of how annoying misplaced apostrophes can be...
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why does that make a difference? :-D
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I dunno. I thought it might get me out of detention?
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