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    Stop putting apostrophes where they don't belong!

    Posts: 2,757 Member
    edited February 6 in Chit-Chat
    They don't make words plural!!


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    • Posts: 1,752 Member
      They do in these parts, son.
    • Posts: 1,583 Member
      are you employed by the grammar police?
    • Posts: 9,097 Member
      They's don't's ?'
    • Posts: 366 Member
      or not using them at all in contractions.
    • Posts: 869 Member
      Don't tell me what to do's :angry:
    • Posts: 2,839 Member
      *Apostrophe's
    • Posts: 565
      t'h'e'y' a'r'e' ram'pant on' my' key'board. ''
    • Posts: 2,833 Member
      They don't make words plural!!


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      This drives me nuts too, but unfortunately, so many people don't consider correct use of the language important, or just don't care if they look illiterate.
    • Posts: 1,334 Member
      Are you one of those grammar bully's?
    • Posts: 4 Member
      Yes! This drives me nuts!
      Worst case I have seen was a sign to direct people out of the station to where the taxi rank and bus stops had moved to, it said "Taxi's & Buse's". And I saw it everyday, twice a day for several months and wanted to correct it each time! :explode:
    • Posts: 7,739 Member
      O'K. What'ever you s'ay.
    • Posts: 11 Member
      I wish that's all I had to worry about
    • Posts: 359 Member
      They do in these part's, son.

      Fixed it for you.
    • Posts: 329 Member
      Ha ha ha! This made me smile. :laugh:
    • Posts: 7,512 Member
      whos got time for apostrophes sure apstrophes are grammars friend but im not gonna waste all my time searchin and huntin for apostrophes when I my briiliant thoughts are in full mode its just not something i have time for
    • Posts: 115 Member
      What's are you's talking about? ;0
    • Posts: 5,481 Member
      'ro'll'ing ey'es' :tongue:
    • Posts: 4,142 Member
      OP was listening to Howard Stern this morning!!!!!!!! :) Bababooey
    • Posts: 245 Member
      apostrophes pfft
      you are forgetting those people who cannot construct a sentence using full stops and commas, now that is :explode:

      If you spoke how you type you would die of asphyxiation
    • Posts: 1,684 Member
      whos got time for apostrophes sure apstrophes are grammars friend but im not gonna waste all my time searchin and huntin for apostrophes when I my briiliant thoughts are in full mode its just not something i have time for

      YEP!
    • Posts: 21,219 Member
      i d'ont know how to use' apostrophes'

      i dont Know hoW to caPitalizE

      i. dont. know. how! to punctuate?

      i downt no how two speel
    • Posts: 1,280 Member
      I wish that's all I had to worry about

      Nope lose and loose are worse....
    • Posts: 6,998 Member
      i pu't th'em w'here i wa'nt.
    • Posts: 1,549 Member
      or not using them at all in contractions.

      Im guilty of this :ohwell:
    • Posts: 6,129 Member
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    • Posts: 5,044 Member
      This will be locked...you can't's point out my lack's of education!
    • Posts: 1,334 Member
      Interesting, looks like a couple of posts have been deleted.

      I had a flash of brilliance so I will say it anyway for anyone who thinks this is petty or insignificant.

      Just as how in person we are judged first by outward appearance, in online communication we are judged by our ability to express ourselves using written words. Poor grasp of or disregard for rules of grammar makes writing more difficult to understand and undermines the writer's credibility. It's like going to the grocery store in your pajamas.

      I think it is generally possible to tell mistakes made by non-native English speakers from people who don't know or bother to take the time to use correct punctuation, etc.

      No, it's not the worst thing in the world, but it does matter IMO.
    • Posts: 8,281 Member
      Interesting, looks like a couple of posts have been deleted.

      I had a flash of brilliance so I will say it anyway for anyone who thinks this is petty or insignificant.

      Just as how in person we are judged first by outward appearance, in online communication we are judged by our ability to express ourselves using written words. Poor grasp of or disregard for rules of grammar makes writing more difficult to understand and undermines the writer's credibility. It's like going to the grocery store in your pajamas.

      I think it is generally possible to tell mistakes made by non-native English speakers from people who don't know or bother to take the time to use correct punctuation, etc.

      No, it's not the worst thing in the world, but it does matter IMO.

      You have to write the words anyhow--why not do it correctly.
    • Posts: 6,256 Member
      They don't make words plural!!


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      They do when placed in the right spot.

      PLural possessives.

      SIngular - Cat.
      Plural - Cats
      Possessive - cat's
      Plural possessive - Cats'
    • Posts: 6,256 Member
      or not using them at all in contractions.

      I do this when I am using my nook. Too much of a pain in the *kitten* to get to them with the onscreen keyboard.

      I also have issues with typing too fast, and my apostrophes end up in the wrong spots frequently. It's all a funciton of how fast i am typing which ultimately is a function of how much multitasking I am trying to do at the moment.
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