The Proper Use of the Apostrophe

[NorthStar]

Relax Ron, it's only some news. It hurts no one and it's not like if ...

* I deleted the Robert De Niro's stuff.

 

[Argonaut]

This thread is about the correct use of the apostrophe. It is not a general comment thread.

Steve was very generous and gracious in retaining for me the same title Amir enjoyed.

That was a nice gesture from Steve, altho surely a tad more confusing and ultimately just as incorrect to forum members than the odd loose apostrophe NeY! Perhaps Co Owner might attract a little less pedantry from out of the dark.

 

[bonzo75]

http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/01/fumblerules-of-grammar.html?m=1

 

[Ron Resnick]

Hahaha!

This is a great list!

Thank you!

 

[NorthStar]

http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/01/fumblerules-of-grammar.html?m=1

Lol, that doesn't apply in this Twitter's world anymore ...
Great humorous read, thx for sharing.
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[ack]

http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/01/fumblerules-of-grammar.html?m=1

Really great!

 

[Ron Resnick]

There is nothing possessive about tube types or decades.

In the 1980s I put 6SN7s in my amplifier.

not

In the 1980's I put 6SN7's in my amplifier.

 

[spiritofmusic]

Ron, wait until you hear about the Oxford comma.

 

[Al M.]

There is nothing possessive about tube types or decades.

In the 1980s I put 6SN7s in my amplifier.

not

In the 1980's I put 6SN7's in my amplifier.

While we're at it, it's

dependent

not

dependant

(that is its own word, but not the same)

I just don't understand why so many Americans can't get it right.

 

[brad225]

I guess some us didn't figure it out in school.

 

[Gregadd]

You squash a bug. You quash a subpoena.
Oh, you'd be surprised.

 

[Atmasphere]

All these pages and no explanation of why the apostrophe has such a big name!

 

[cjfrbw]

I prefer 'Astronomy Domine' to apostrophe catastrophe.