Apostrophes

theholyghost

I know nobody likes a grammar Nazi and you are not allowed to criticise someone in a thread for grammar etc. but the whole apostrophe thing is driving me mad.

Nobody seems to know how to use them and it is geting worse and worse.

One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".

This particular problem seems to be spreading like wildfire accross the internet. Boards seems to be the worst.

There is even some joker on another forum complaining about the quality of "CV's" being sent to them. Are you really one to judge?

Dave!

Apostrophe's*

kfallon

Board's.ie......covering the real issues of the day!

shedweller

kfallon wrote: »

Board's.ie......covering the real issues of the day!

Issue's

thebigbiffo

completely agree - its a terrible state of affair's

Xavi6

Well said OP

Yakult

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TeddyTedson

What about this - when should people be using that?

daveyeh

shedweller wrote: »

Issue's

I's's'ue's

Hande hoche!

Semicolons are brilliant.

http://www.angryflower.com/aposter3.jpg

Where To

Bollock's's'

Jesus Shaves

Was interested for a minute, the I realised it said apostrophes and not apostles'

Dravokivich

One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".
One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".
One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".
One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".
One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".
One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".
One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".
One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".
One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".
One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".
One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".


...Ok, I think I got it now, thank's.

optimistic_

I wanna know how to use a comma properly, please!?

mike65

Has anybody actually read Eats Shoots & Leaves?

optimistic_

I'm not even joking can we please do a class on commas?

smash

theholyghost wrote: »

One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".

yea, exactly.

Siuin

What pisses me off is when someone writes "did'nt" or do'nt" - what letter are they trying to substitute?!

Dravokivich

optimistic_ wrote: »

I'm not even joking can we please do a class on commas?

Wouldn't be getting myself optimistic there now. :pac:

stevenmu

theholyghost wrote: »

One does NOT put an apostrophe after a singular word and before the S to make it a plural hence it is "boards.ie" NOT "board's.ie".

I see what you did they're.

Gbear

I've a question.

If 's denotes ownership (Jimmy's fridge) then is it true, as I heard recently, that it's can only be used to abbreviate it is or can you, as I believe, use it like this: the cat's tail - it's tail - the tail of it?

optimistic_

Dravokivich wrote: »

Wouldn't be getting myself optimistic there now. :pac:

I just throw them around sentences willy nilly.
My work emails must be awful but I do try hard.

Gbear

Siuin wrote: »

What pisses me off is when someone writes "did'nt" or do'nt" - what letter are they trying to substitute?!

Did knot?
Do knot?

Gbear

Gbear wrote: »

I've a question.

If 's denotes ownership (Jimmy's fridge) then is it true, as I heard recently, that it's can only be used to abbreviate it is or can you, as I believe, use it like this: the cat's tail - it's tail - the tail of it?

No, you can't. It is possessive in most cases, but not with "it". It's always = it is.


edit: EXCEPT WHEN IT MEANS 'IT HAS' OR SOMETHING SIMILAR

optimistic_

Siuin wrote: »

What pisses me off is when someone writes "did'nt" or do'nt" - what letter are they trying to substitute?!

Can the OP tell me if it's okay to abbreviate it is to "it's" and that is to "that's"?

Any tips on the use, of , commas?!

mathepac

theholyghost wrote: »

I know nobody likes a grammar Nazi ...

It is deeply offensive to describe anyone as a Nazi and the casual offensive name-calling on boards.ie is something I have asked the mods in AH to look at (their request). Terms like "Nazi", "retard", "dick", "alco", "junkie" fly around like suff at a wake.

As you mentioned the term in the first post in the thread I hereby award you today's Godwin with oak leaves and clusters.

theholyghost wrote: »

... and you are not allowed to criticise someone in a thread for grammar etc. but the whole apostrophe thing is driving me mad.

Nobody seems to know how to use them and it is geting worse and worse...

No will deflect me from my crusade to stop the waste of perfectly good apostrophes by misplacing them. Their price has already doubled this year on European Punctuation Markets.

I know how to use them correctly, I am an expert, and will continue to help others in their struggle with this most important and scarce punctuation resource.

boards.ie is certainly among the worst but not just for apostrophes; the standard of written English is abysmal.

later12

theholyghost wrote: »

There is even some joker on another forum complaining about the quality of "CV's" being sent to them. Are you really one to judge?

There's a legitimate argument as to whether apostrophes ought to be an acceptable way to indicate plurality when using initialisms; some say that it should be, others say no. It's not quite as clear cut as board's.ie:eek:

optimistic_

optimistic_ wrote: »

Can the OP tell me if it's okay to abbreviate it is to "it's" and that is to "that's"?

Any tips on the use, of , commas?!

here you go

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

optimistic_

bluewolf wrote: »

here you go

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm[/QUOTE]

My afternoon just got booked solid.

robman60

Good post OP. The one I hate most is when someone uses an apostrophe in the third person, eg. "he see's it daily"

Diapason

Don't get me started on loose instead of lose.

Royal Legend

optimistic_ wrote: »

I wanna know how to use a comma properly, please!?

The standard one or the Oxford one? :eek:

And is bollock's's really two so its really balls or ball's, now I am confused

mathepac

where vs were
should of vs should have
there vs their, they're and vice versa
gotten vs got
!!!! vs .
..... vs .

and so on ...

starbelgrade

I honestly couldn't give two fuck's.

Gbear

bluewolf wrote: »

No, you can't. It is possessive in most cases, but not with "it". It's always = it is.

Then how do you denote possession with "it"? "Its"?
There's no logical reasoning behind it that I can see. Whether you use "its" or "it's" to denote possession, context makes it obvious that you're neither referring to the plural of "it" or to "it is".

Either way, the english language is an absolute load of self-contradictory, inconsistent bollocks. It has to be to be useful to so many different cultures.

Give me French or Spanish every day. Once you get beyond the nonsense of applying genders to tables it's really not so bad.

westendgirlie

: & ; <

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what's the point of colons?

Royal Legend

is it nazis or Nazi's, also should N(n)azi always start with a capital N? Or is that alway's, ..............

Diapason

westendgirlie wrote: »

: & ; <

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what's the point of colons?

Digestion.

Mr Benevolent

theholyghost wrote: »

I know nobody likes a grammar Nazi

Your right they're.

ejmaztec

The correct term is "up in the air comma thingamy", not apostrophe.

westendgirlie

Diapason wrote: »

Digestion.

Ah, I see said the blindman

Washington Irving

One that annoys me more is people not knowing the difference between 'then' and 'than'

starbelgrade

Gbear wrote: »

Give me French or Spanish every day. Once you get beyond the nonsense of applying genders to tables it's really not so bad.

But the gender thing throws up conundrums all of it's own - for example, would the Spanish equivalent of Boards be Las Boards or Los Boards?

And who decides if Boards is male or female?

emeraldstar

mike65 wrote: »

Has anybody actually read Eats Shoots & Leaves?

No, but I've read Eats, Shoots & Leaves.

Diapason

westendgirlie wrote: »

Ah, I see said the blindman

Colon

Diapason

Colin

El Guapo!

The one that does my head in the most is using "then" instead of "than".

Eg: I'm taller then you.

No no, you're taller THAN me.

ejmaztec

Diapason wrote: »

Colin

...and then there's semi-Colin, or limp-dick as he's normally known.

Ah_Yeah

I do'nt know whats' going on here.

CruelCoin

First world problems.

Can, we, also, please, discuss, the, use, of ; ?