Flying Apostrophe's

[Bevvy Swift]

yea. you idiots who cant figure out if there should be an apostophe before the "s"? you are dumb.

it is used when assigning ownership to a noun, and the ONLY exception is

"it's"

which means "it is" NOT "belonging to "it""

get it straight dumbasses.

[miss.myra]

The flying apostrophe's what?

You do totally realize you added an unnecessary apostrophe in the thread title, right?


You know, hate to be a picky patty and all, but seriously.

[mojo]

patty ruins everyones fun.

[C_squared]

its the internet... nothing to get huffy about.

[Bevvy Swift]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

The flying apostrophe's what?

You do totally realize you added an unnecessary apostrophe in the thread title, right?


You know, hate to be a picky patty and all, but seriously.

i was trying to be ironic. i havent fucked up an apostrophe since grade 2, when my dad made me correct a school notice and bring it back to the principal.

[Bevvy Swift]

Originally Posted by C_squared

its the internet... nothing to get huffy about.

i dont mean just the internet, i mean on "menu's" and "store sign's" and "advertisement's" and all that crap. you'd think they'd check it over before printing maybe?

[C_squared]

Originally Posted by Cheez

i dont mean just the internet, i mean on "menu's" and "store sign's" and "advertisement's" and all that crap. you'd think they'd check it over before printing maybe?

yeah I find it annoying too sometimes, but we live in a nation of FOBs someone's bound to get it wrong :P

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by C_squared

yeah I find it annoying too sometimes, but we live in a nation of FOBs someone's bound to get it wrong :P

Harsh, most of the time it's not FOB'S getting it wrong, it's people who have english as their first language and are educated enough, but are just too fucking lazy to try...they also don't know the difference between your and you're (and don't get me started on that!)

[C_squared]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

Harsh, most of the time it's not FOB'S getting it wrong, it's people who have english as their first language and are educated enough, but are just too fucking lazy to try...they also don't know the difference between your and you're (and don't get me started on that!)

ha! I meant a nation built by FOB's... my bad.

[automatic]

Originally Posted by Cheez

the ONLY exception is

"it's"

which means "it is" NOT "belonging to "it""

get it straight dumbasses.

...actually, there are a quite few exceptions: "what's" (what is), "who's" (who is), "that's" (that is), "where's" (where is), etc... and also when pluralizing lower case letters "mind your p's and q's".

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handou...r/g_apost.html

and a quick note.....

there is also an apostrophe after the y in the sentence "Jay's (Jay is) going to kick your skinny ass if you bug people about the proper use of the apostrophe one more time."

[Bevvy Swift]

Originally Posted by automatic

...actually, there are a quite few exceptions: "what's" (what is), "who's" (who is), "that's" (that is), "where's" (where is), etc... and also when pluralizing lower case letters "mind your p's and q's".

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handou...r/g_apost.html

and a quick note.....

there is also an apostrophe after the y in the sentence "Jay's (Jay is) going to kick your skinny ass if you bug people about the proper use of the apostrophe one more time."

but all of those first ones are all essentially the same as "it is", just replacing the "it" with something else. but you got me on the p's and q's. good thing no one can see the shame on my face.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by Cheez

but all of those first ones are all essentially the same as "it is", just replacing the "it" with something else. but you got me on the p's and q's. good thing no one can see the shame on my face.

The way you said it, you made it sound like the only plausible use of an apostrophe in front of an "s" is when using the possessive. This is wrong.

[gnosis]

There.
They're.
Their.

'nuff said about misuse of english by dumbass, english-speaking people.

Frosty
(They're moving their stuff there on Saturday.)