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[CharlieP]

Discuss.

[Kampflamm]

The Apostrophe Protection Society Chairman - A Biography
The Chairman of the Apostrophe Protection Society is John Richards.

John Richards spent most of his working life in journalism - about three quarters of it as a reporter and the remaining quarter as a sub editor.

His task in the latter job was to prepare reporters' copy for insertion into the paper. This involved tightening the story if it needed it, changing clumsy phrasing and cutting to length (each story is fitted into a page rather like a jigsaw).

An important part, however, was correcting grammatical errors and, in particular, adding, deleting or moving apostrophes. It constantly amazed him how often reporters, especially the younger ones, seemed to have no idea of the correct use of this very useful little device.

When John retired, this irritation didn't disappear but became even more obvious. Everywhere he went he saw the same mistakes over and over again until he decided that he could no longer ignore it. So he formed the Apostrophe Protection Society in the hope that he would find half a dozen like-minded people.

He takes up the story: "I didn't find half a dozen people. Instead, within a month of my plaint appearing in a national newspaper, I received over 500 letters of support, not only from all corners of the United Kingdom, but also from America, Australia, France, Sweden, Hong Kong and Canada!"

"Now, thanks to John Hale at Floating Lily Designs who has designed this web site for us, I hope that the word will spread even further."
"The little apostrophe deserves our protection. It is indeed a threatened species!"
For general enquiries about Apostrophe Protection Society membership, please contact its Chairman by Email by clicking: john.richards2@virgin.net

[jmancuso]

[Kampflamm]

http://pub18.bravenet.com/forum/show...86811524&cpv=1

CharlieP, this is your nirvana!

[Kampflamm]

Detritus posts there as well?

http://pub18.bravenet.com/forum/1486811524/show/822019

[Bachy Soletanche]

whats this load of old bollock's?

[Kampflamm]

bollock's?

[Bachy Soletanche]

You missed the "What's". Init.

[vertigosufferer]

>>>>>>>>>> ' <<<<<<<<<<<

[chukchi]

I am confused

[Bachy Soletanche]

[JDRS]

Someone explain the Apostrophe rule to me. It's the one thing in English that always stumps me

[CharlieP]

Originally Posted by JDRS

Someone explain the Apostrophe rule to me. It's the one thing in English that always stumps me

It's really, really easy.

If you want to show that an object (or objects) belongs to somebody or something, you simply append an apostrophe and an S to the owner (e.g. "the dog's bollocks", "the cat's mother", "James's car", "Farmer Brown's big black cock"). If the object belongs to more than one people or things, and you're using a plural already ending with an S, then you simply append an apostrophe (e.g. "the girls' shoes"), but if it's a plural not ending in S, you stick to the apostrophe and S (e.g. "women's problems").

Where people often fall down is thinking that the same thinking applies to pronouns, so that something belonging to "it" must be "it's". This isn't the case, since pronouns have their own special words to show possession:

I/me - "my"
You - "your"
He/him - "his"
She/her - "her"
It - "its"
We/us - "our"
They/them - "their"

The only other use of apostrophes is to show contraction or abbreviation:

"It is" - "it's"
"You are" - "you're"
"We are" - "we're"
"They are" - "they're"
etc.

That's really all you need to remember!

[dinp]

Originally Posted by CharlieP

It's really, really easy.

If you want to show that an object (or objects) belongs to somebody or something, you simply append an apostrophe and an S to the owner (e.g. "the dog's bollocks", "the cat's mother", "James's car", "Farmer Brown's big black cock"). If the object belongs to more than one people or things, and you're using a plural already ending with an S, then you simply append an apostrophe (e.g. "the girls' shoes"), but if it's a plural not ending in S, you stick to the apostrophe and S (e.g. "women's problems").

Where people often fall down is thinking that the same thinking applies to pronouns, so that something belonging to "it" must be "it's". This isn't the case, since pronouns have their own special words to show possession:

I/me - "my"
You - "your"
He/him - "his"
She/her - "her"
It - "its"
We/us - "our"
They/them - "their"

The only other use of apostrophes is to show contraction or abbreviation:

"It is" - "it's"
"You are" - "you're"
"We are" - "we're"
"They are" - "they're"
etc.

That's really all you need to remember!

Do you actually write English Language text books for schools for a living?

[wjfox]

CharlieP does have a point though - the standard of spelling and grammar on this forum is appallingly low.

People should pay a bit more attention to what they're posting...

[dinp]

Originally Posted by wjfox2002

CharlieP does have a point though - the standard of spelling and grammar on this forum is appallingly low.

People should pay a bit more attention to what they're posting...

Well perhaps the people at the top can start setting an example. Take gothicform for example, who seems to be unaware of the phenomenon that is the paragraph, or upper case for that matter.

[eddyk]

Whom care's though?

[dinp]

Originally Posted by eddyk

Whom care's though?

Whom the fuck are you?

(just used it in another thread as well )

[kids]

Originally Posted by wjfox2002

CharlieP does have a point though - the standard of spelling and grammar on this forum is appallingly low.

People should pay a bit more attention to what they're posting...

Does it really matter, though?

I mean, is the meaning distorted?

[jmancuso]

upper case letters are overrated.