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| Starbuck |
why is it that a large portion of those whose native language is english still have not mastered the use of the apostrophe?
i'm not trying to sound smart...just curious. i just saw a website that said, "come to a minnesota twin's game!".
your/you're is another one.
i'll hand up and take my answer off the air. thanks! |
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| MrPleasant |
I found out that it's better to drink wednesdays and thursdays, than mondays and fridays. It gives a nice feeling to the week. |
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| Starbuck |
yes, that was good. no apostrophes necessary in that sentence. |
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| pdog |
You are experiencing teacher/guidance counsellor neurosis.
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| Joey |
" You are experiencing teacher/guidance counsellor neurosis. "
************* SIGH *********************
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
quote:
Starbuck wrote:
why is it that a large portion of those whose native language is english still have not mastered the use of the apostrophe?
Proably because they don't give a fuck.
Or maybe there are other things more important in life...like family or making money. |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
quote:
MrPleasant wrote:
I found out that it's better to drink wednesdays and thursdays, than mondays and fridays. It gives a nice feeling to the week.
It even ain't }/
I told him no no no
He told me yes yes yes
I do it all the time
Ain't this boogie a mess?
The answer my friend should be easy to see
The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe |
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| MrPleasant |
quote:
VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
It even ain't }/
I told him no no no
He told me yes yes yes
I do it all the time
Ain't this boogie a mess?
The answer my friend should be easy to see
The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe
Okay, I'll also drink tonight. |
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| glencar |
It's & its is another lesson Professor Starbuck should teach once he's done "handing" up! (see opening post!) |
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| Starbuck |
quote:
It's & its is another lesson Professor Starbuck should teach once he's done "handing" up! (see opening post!)
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| Throwaway |
http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
Sadly, the majority of adults in 2007 believe it to be correct for a banner to say "100's of Carpet's for Sale!"
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| Highwire Rob |
I totally agree with you Starbuck. Also it isn't the 60's 70's 80's unless it's possessive like 80's music. That really irks me!
But the worst (not worse) thing here in SW Pennsylvania is that some otherwise intelligent people are so slack in their grammar that they have eliminated subject and predicate altogether.
Do you hear in your office: "This needs faxed." or "This order needs confirmed."
WTF! I NEEDS TO LEARN THEM SOME GRAMMAR!
"C'mon kids, I gotta learn y'all some grammar!!"
--Dan Blocker as Hoss on an episode of Bonanza
[Edited by Highwire Rob] |
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| pdog |
I love lamp! |
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| Mel Belli |
Grammar is the only thing that stands between civilization and barbarism! |
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| _Boomy_ |
Starrbuk.
Y iz it no gould to youze badd gramer? Wee all no that wee need 2 tipe lyk Raging Goat.
U shood of starrted anuthurr thred, shoodint u? |
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| pdog |
I has a computer. |
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| Starbuck |
quote:
Grammar is the only thing that stands between civilization and barbarism!
this is true. look at the history of rome, for example. by the 5th century, the average roman on the street had completely lost the understanding of both the subjunctive and the sequence of tenses. as a result, the visigoths and the huns totally trashed the place.
the same could happen here (terrorists, packers fans).
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| Joey |
" I has a computer. "
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| _Boomy_ |
quote:
pdog wrote:
I has a computer.
I done did it. |
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| Strange_Stray_Cat |
I like to think that my English is quite good considering I'm a native Dutchie. |
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| pdog |
quote:
Starbuck wrote:
this is true. look at the history of rome, for example. by the 5th century, the average roman on the street had completely lost the understanding of both the subjunctive and the sequence of tenses. as a result, the visigoths and the huns totally trashed the place.
the same could happen here (terrorists, packers fans).
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| mojoman |
quote:
MrPleasant wrote:
I found out that it's better to drink wednesdays and thursdays, than mondays and fridays. It gives a nice feeling to the week.
who you jiving with that cosmik debris? |
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| _Boomy_ |
Probably the worst thread invented by a human-being. |
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| pdog |
quote:
_Boomy_ wrote:
Probably the worst thread invented by a human-being.
They never had to worry about punctuation....
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