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On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:08 pm
by MaryAnn
Just stirring the pot.
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:29 pm
by Ace
Hi Mary Ann,
I don't think the use of an apostrophe in your post's title is necessary. The plural of apostrophe is apostrophes.
Here's a helpful link which is short.
https://punctuationcheck.com/using-apostrophe/" target="_blank
Best, Ace
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:34 pm
by Donn
I'm guessing that she know's that.
Where I think the most enlightened tend to err, is decades. Remember the 70's? If you do, you weren't there! ha, ha. But they were the '70s.
Re: On apostrophe's use
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:08 pm
by humBell
noun: apostrophe; plural noun: apostrophes
an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified).
Oh English language! Thou art so fickle in thy nature and treatment of words' meaning and punctuations abuse.
Oh, sorry. Pass the pot. Gotta put your elbows into it.
Now that's stirring.
(Whaddya think of that's stirring?)
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:41 pm
by bort
If you haven't already, read "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynne Truss. I thought it was hilarious, frustrating, and like fingernails on a chalkboard.
One of my favorite book's.
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:15 pm
by Ken Herrick
Get over it - its dead! Apostrophe Protection Society
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/pr ... d/11758422" target="_blank
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:34 am
by Tom
Do whatever you want with the apostrophe.
Just leave my oxford commas alone!
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 5:38 pm
by Three Valves
On to exclamations!!
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 7:22 pm
by alfredr
DID YOU MEAN EXCLAMATION'S?!
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 7:53 pm
by iiipopes
Apostrophe? It's a word's greatest feature when used properly, and its downfall when used improperly.
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:56 pm
by windshieldbug
An apostrophe played at A=410: ,
Re: On the use of a (pause) trophey.
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:25 pm
by humBell
A paws trophy...
is for the dogs.
Once in a while a pretty cool cat earns it.
Please read the clause pertaining thereto.
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:28 pm
by humBell
bloke wrote:rotary silver apostrophe
lacquered piston apostrophe
From what font of knowledge did this gem bubble up?
Is beautiful!
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 8:27 pm
by MaryAnn
Pot successfully stirred. Ha.
Many pot's stirred with multiple spoon's.
Now, how about possessive before a gerund? That one is a bit more obscure.
Your looking at this silly post is an example.
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 11:48 pm
by windshieldbug
My reading that post was inspiring.
Re: On the use of apostrophe's
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 10:08 am
by MaryAnn
windshieldbug wrote:An apostrophe played at A=410: ,
Oh I JUST NOW got this!! HAHAHA!