OT: Apostrophe's
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brightonalex
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OT: Apostrophe's
Does this subject line drive anyone else into a rage?
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Don't forget the the war on terrrrrr.polyslax wrote:snakedogman wrote:I could care less
(pun intended)
One of my pet peeves. I never understood how could somehow magically became equated with couldn't.
Saying nuclear George Bush style (newk-ya-ler) is certainly in my top five as well.
Uh, so "could care less" is now the same as "couldn't care less"? Why wasn't I informed? I thought it was supposed to mean "I care a bit".
Is this the case for all uses of "could"? That could get very confusing. Or maybe it couldn't. Arghhhh!
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robbmasters
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My local pub even had an ad for a D'J. They just had to put an apostrophe somewhere!
Surprisingly, an apostrophe is valid when talking about plurals of letters (see Fowler's Modern English Usage) e.g. "there are two p's in Mississippi". But this doesn't extend to DJs (or the 80s).
Edit: And anyone who knows me would find it apt that my 1000th post was on a point of grammatical pedantry.
Surprisingly, an apostrophe is valid when talking about plurals of letters (see Fowler's Modern English Usage) e.g. "there are two p's in Mississippi". But this doesn't extend to DJs (or the 80s).
Edit: And anyone who knows me would find it apt that my 1000th post was on a point of grammatical pedantry.
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brightonalex
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The foreigners need to try harder Hambone.hambone1 wrote:How sad. This is an international forum.
I'd like to see some of the Yanks/Brits/Canucks/Aussies communicate with perfect punctuation, spelling and grammar in a language other than their native tongue! Most of them can't even do it in English...
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I can't speak for anyone else, but it certainly wasn't my intention to criticise those who don't have English as their first language. Neither am I particularly bothered by the standard of grammar on a web forum.
However, it's no surprise that standards of English are falling when you see the schoolboy errors that professional marketeers, journalists, newsreaders, authors, copywriters, etc. surround us with.
Oh no! I've ended that sentence with a preposition.
However, it's no surprise that standards of English are falling when you see the schoolboy errors that professional marketeers, journalists, newsreaders, authors, copywriters, etc. surround us with.
Oh no! I've ended that sentence with a preposition.
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Whan that Aprill, with his shoures sootehambone1 wrote:How sad. This is an international forum.
I'd like to see some of the Yanks/Brits/Canucks/Aussies communicate with perfect punctuation, spelling and grammar in a language other than their native tongue! Most of them can't even do it in English...
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