Apostrophe catastrophe
- emilystrange
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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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Be strict with him Ems . He's doing it to spite me now.emilystrange wrote:tim, will you stop doing that apostrophe thing? or i'lll come up there and teach you.
"Miss! Miss! Tim's throwing apostrophes at me!!!"
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- emilystrange
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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.
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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- emilystrange
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where? and you're doing it again
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- emilystrange
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you're not allowed to ironically abuse apostrophes till you're over 18, lol...
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- markfiend
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fixed.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.
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- emilystrange
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MARK!!!!
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- timsinister
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What the bloody hell was that?
Am I learning? In my free time? Ye Gods!
Cheers Ms. Strange, sorry Ms. Strange, three bags full Ms. Strange...
Am I learning? In my free time? Ye Gods!
Cheers Ms. Strange, sorry Ms. Strange, three bags full Ms. Strange...
MISS..MISS!!,THAT'S BLOODY CHEETIN' THAT IS!!!!markfiend wrote:fixed.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.
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- emilystrange
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well at least you learnt THAT..
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- emilystrange
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Mr fiend is now in detention, mod or not.
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- timsinister
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Damn it, why can it always be traced back to me?
This isn't my fault.
This isn't my fault.
- markfiend
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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...
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
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- emilystrange
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why does that make a difference?
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- markfiend
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I dunno. I thought it might get me out of detention?
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell