JohnnyDee
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Apostrophes- must they always be used correctly?
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SocketRocket
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How should they be used incorrectly?
JohnnyDee
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In my travel's around the Internet I often see thing's like the example's in this sentence.
Another is to write plural's with an apostrophe s.
Region3
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palindromicbob
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N'o.
My spelling and grammar is pretty damn poor so please forgive any you might see in my posts. Im sure they're loads.
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My spelling and grammar is pretty damn poor so please forgive any you might see in my posts. Im sure they're loads.
.ColchesterFC
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N'o.
My spelling and grammar is pretty damn poor so please forgive any you might see in my posts. Im sure they're loads.
Spelling and grammar are very important in the English language. At the end of the day that is the only difference between "Helping your uncle jack off a horse" and "Helping your Uncle Jack, off a horse".
Massive difference!!!!!!!!
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palindromicbob
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One of my colleagues has dyslexia very badly, and emails from him are legendary. However, apart from the the odd conversation with him about what does he really mean when he says something unintelligible in an email, no one pokes fun at him. He is very sensitive to any criticism about what he writes. I apply the same rules on here, i.e. I never criticise someone's grammer on here just in case they have similar problems.
If its unitelligible, I just move onto another topic.
If its unitelligible, I just move onto another topic.
ManinBlack
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The comma after Jack shouldn't be there in either sentence.
Kellfire
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That was my thought but didn't want to be the first person to say it.
Hacker Khan
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Different things wind different people up. For me it's your and you're, and its and it's . Although I am sometimes guilty of the last one.
I don't mind the occasional misuse of apostrophes, but when you read some posts where they can't even be bothered to use paragraphs or capital letters it does make you wonder.
I don't mind the occasional misuse of apostrophes, but when you read some posts where they can't even be bothered to use paragraphs or capital letters it does make you wonder.
ManinBlack
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This is correct.
Imurg
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One, modern, issue is Autocorrect.
I'm sorry, but a bloody computer has no idea how my mind works
SwingsitlikeHogan
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yes - and properly
Hacker Khan
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JustOne
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I make mistakes using a keyboard that I'd never do using a pen. I think it's because when I type my brain is outracing my hands, when I write my brain has to slow down as it knows I can't push a pen that fast!
I also use 3 or more fullstops that I wouldn't use if I was using a pen......
I also use 3 or more fullstops that I wouldn't use if I was using a pen......
SwingsitlikeHogan
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I make mistakes using a keyboard that I'd never do using a pen. I think it's because when I type my brain is outracing my hands, when I write my brain has to slow down as it knows I can't push a pen that fast!
I also use 3 or more fullstops that I wouldn't use if I was using a pen......
Correct - precisely three dots (they are not full stops - or indeed fullstops) in an ellipsis - and to be really pedantic, each dot should have one space either side . . .
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On here, live and let live. In work or submitting a piece of writing, of course it should be used properly. It's a basic rule drummed in from a young age by parents and my teachers. Even now I still get it wrong
Golfmmad
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I think apostrophes will have disappeared within 5-10 years. They are less and less relevant to this generation where texting and short form writing is more dominant. Frankly, apart from older pedants most people really don't care where the apostrophe goes. Yes, I do try to use them correctly myself but I accept they are becoming less relevant to every day life. Accept it dinosaurs, change is coming.
