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Just now, in the chipper, whilst being served by a tasty 14-year old girl, waiting for my Double Jumbo Sausage Supper, I noticed a sign reading "CCTV Camera's Are In Use", and right now I see Thad starting a thread using an apostrophe in a plural, so it must be a sign for me to say: PLURALS DON'T HAVE APOSTROPHES BEFORE THE 'S', 'ES', 'I', etc! The apostrophe is never used as "it's" unless it means "it is", NEVER meaning "belonging to it"! |
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i'm sick of people using that s' wrong. |
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Also, the contraction for 'you are' is "you're", not your. |
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You read Eats, Shoots and Leaves? |
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plea'se do'nt take 'your ang'er out 'on' th'e mes'sage'board', cau'se i' don't spee'k go''od eng''lish' |
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Nope - what's it about? |
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the apostrophe shows ownership. Example: That is Paul's dildo. That is thad's bicycle. |
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It's a rather humorous examination of punctuation, or rather the lack of, in modern society. It's by Lynne Truss and it's in a lot of bestsellers lists at the moment (still not out in paperback, I think). |
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This is the girls' locker room. Nigel has a camera. |
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Yes, but don't confuse Thad, he'll forget that there's no apostrophe in "its" as denoting ownership! :D |
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like this: it's |
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That is Gwenly Mernans's webpage. |
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The name did ring a bell - I had a goosey at the Bestseller List on Sunday, so that probably explains it. Is it humourous in a good way? :D |
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There's no , in that. That's the whole point, so you can read it in many different ways, showing how important punctuation is. |
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It's gay to take away the boys' porno magazines. |
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i dont use apostrophes theyre like so totally gay |
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Yes, there is. The title of the book is called "Eats, Shoots and Leaves". Regardless of the fact a panda has almost painted over the ',', the title the book is as I wrote it. It is listed as that and inside the cover, that is how it is written. |
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? |
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I like the double meaning of the title. It's intentional? |
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Just gone and had a look. Feel stupid now. Stupid panda. No offence vp.x |
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Eye Sea |
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is that bob from fight club |
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his name is robert paulson! |
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Two women eating in a restaurant. A panda walks in and sits down. After his meal, he stands up, shoots the waiter and strolls out. One of the women is perplexed. The other explains to her that pandas eat shoots and leaves. |
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haha! |
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man everyone is IMing me and i just want to curl up and cry |
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He he, none taken, sorry I was so harsh in my rebuttal (I was still on the defensive from my recent equations cock up) ;) Marlowe: Yes, it is. I very rarely read books like this, I find they tend to either focus too much on the humour (and subsequently impart little knowledge) or too much on the subject (in whic case, they are too dry). This book manages to strike the balance perfectly. The examples are all so entertaining that they stick in your mind and help you to remember the rules. I really think they ought to set it as an a-level (or maybe even higher set GCSE) text book. It would do the kids a lot of good. |
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the cctv camera owns an A.R.E. (advanced reconnaissance electropulse) which is in use. hence "cctv camera's are in use." |
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yeah... «CD's» is a very common mistake... also i remember my brother (but i'm sure he wasn't the only one!), when he barely knew english at all, would put a «'s» at the end of every word or almost (even on singulars!)... = / |
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Don't worry, a lot of people who speak English as their first language do that. ;) |
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Imaginative, but there were two cameras. Mind you, I spent most of my time looking at the teen counter assistant. |
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I hate thread's like this. : ) |
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It's not 1984, Qey old boy - I don't want to tell you how to thinnnk, but an apostrophe is an apostrophe, and if you're going to use one, then use it in the right place! I have no problem with people who don't use them at all, just those who, because their brains malfunctioned during kindergarten English, fail to realise that plurals have not apostrophes at the climax [...] and so the vicar said "It was like that when I found it!" |
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also annoying is people who use ALL CAPS IN THEIR THREAD TITLES. :) |
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actually, the misuse of apostrophes bothers me as well. I remember riding the bus home from elementary school and being annoyed by a hand written sign that read "Please place sunflower seed's in trash." what's the significance of 1984, btw? |
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It's the year I entered the world of course. And time was set right once again. |
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i try to make as little mistakes as possible...it isn't working tho :) |
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Though I understand this topic, I would like to point out that the apostrophes seem to be one of the harder things about English text. I myself often write them wrong, not that I don't know it's wrong, but because I simply forget or miswrite. I strongly suggest using on everything posted in here. |
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Apostrophes, like the Offside Rule, are EASY to understand! You just need to learn the basic facts! ALEX, EAT MY SHORTS YOU GRAPEFRUITED TANGEROO! |
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Offside what now? Yeah...it's just harder on some main-languages than other...English that is... |
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you don't watch football too often, do you? :) |
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the only thing you need to remember is apostrophes are only used to show possession, except in the case of its, as in "the animatronic rabbit wiggled its ears" or as a contraction of two words such as "it's going to be a dreary day today" which is the same thing as "it is going to be a dreary day today. |
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I've tried...but it just seems to loose interest...especially with all the advertisement that's flashing around these overpaid players... |
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i was seriously thinking signing up for some english courses...but i can't do it right now, as i have no time at all... |
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that's modern sport...unfortunately... |
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Q'll teach you !! |
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q? i was never to good in english heh...but somehow i was the only out of my group who passed the examine at the university...ofcourse this was long time ago, so i forgot my english, but i think that i would get right into it again, if i'd have the time for it...maybe :) |
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