The misplaced apostrophes really bother me.
Enough said. It hurts my eyes.
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The misplaced apostrophes really bother me.
Enough said. It hurts my eyes.
I missed this thread earlier and want to thank you for starting it, Veronica. I have two "friends" on Facebook who are teachers and both of them are constantly butchering the English language with grammatical and spelling errors. They are teaching our children for goodness sake! I find it surprising.
Five pages on an apostrophe thread and no one has mentioned Bob the Angry Flower?
You can google it. Some people think it is offensive.
The misuse of "loose" and "lose," bugs the crap out of me. I can't help it, it just does.
Wasn't that just posted? What could possibly be offensive about it? Did someone with a Grammar Impairment Syndrome get their feelings hurt?Quote:
Originally Posted by malkin
Yup -- right up there ^Quote:
Originally Posted by Irulan
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showp...3&postcount=57
:D
That poster is hysterical. Really, I doubt anyone with G.I.S. would get their feelings hurt, because they can't recognize they are using the punctuation incorrectly.
Generally, people who do the apostrophe thing wrong also can't get homophones (their, there, they're), things like lose and loose, or spell words like definitely that it seems like no one can spell. For some it's laziness, but for a lot of the people I know who do this, it's a form of a learning disability. I bet if you asked, a lot of these people would say they are not good readers or writers.
LOL "definitely" is one I really have struggled with, and I am a decent speller. I forget the little rule I had to memorize.
Anyway, I posted this on my business page yesterday. Is it correct? I know it's partial sentence fragments. I was wondering about the use of the apostrophe.
Best way to end the week: the finicky machine doing it's jobs smoothly!!
No apostrophe if "its" is used to show possession. It's is the contraction it is.
We're working on that in class right now - well this past week actually. :D
Veronica
Angry Bob shows possessive use as OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
"It's job" is a possessive, correct?
/confused.
I remember hearing about two friends who went across the country correcting signs, and they wrote a book....
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Typo-Hun.../dp/0307591077
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Its is a possessive pronounce and is the counterpart to his and her. It's is a contraction meaning "it is" or "it has."Quote:
Originally Posted by Irulan
I just had to link to this. Sorry for reviving the thread, otherwise. :o
I love that strip!