Thread: It's national apostrophe day!

Originally Posted by smreno77

Being a bit of a stickler for grammar (though FAR from perfect), this post has provided some quality entertainment. In order to brush up on my skills - Ill have to makes sure's I reads some quality literature's like Melville or T. S. Elliot or something like they're type of work.

P.S. I give a pass to English as a second language members, as my attempts at any second language can be quite pedestrian at times.

English is my 3d language. how is your Dutch?


However, would you care to highlight my errors? I generally try to make sure I don't make mistakes.
I know I don't use the umlaut and certain accent symbols where they are needed, since they are not on my keyboard.

EDIT:
Apart from the dash in ‘spacetime’, my spelling checker did not find errors.

Originally Posted by Bruno

English is my 3d language. how is your Dutch?


However, would you care to highlight my errors? I generally try to make sure I don't make mistakes.
I know I don't use the umlaut and certain accent symbols where they are needed, since they are not on my keyboard.

EDIT:
Apart from the dash in ‘spacetime’, my spelling checker did not find errors.

Perhaps a - after statement instead of the comma. And a comma after confirmed. Also I think you would need a set of coordinates, not just a coordinate. Not that I would ever say anything unless asked. It's the message that counts, not how it's wrapped. There are other things far more important than grammar, and my own grammar is far from perfect.

What I've never figured with the Greengrocer's Apostrophe is how, on the same blackboard, they can get it right and wrong. Many times I've seen things like Potato's, Tomatoes, Cabbage's.

How can they get it both right and wrong at the same time?

Another that annoys me is a chain of tat shops around here called GIFT'S DIRECT! That's what it says on the shop's name in large letters. I think they do it to annoy me.

Gareth

While English is my second language, I'm incredibly annoyed with lazy SOB's not using any punctuation at all. Stupid pet peeve maybe, but I just can't take them seriously.
When I type out a question I want someone else to read and reply to, the least I can do is trying to make it somewhat readable

Originally Posted by Blix

When I type out a question I want someone else to read and reply to, the least I can do is trying to make it somewhat readable

You forgot the point at the end of your sentence.

Originally Posted by Bruno

You forgot the point at the end of your sentence.

That's better than missing the entire point of my post! Lol.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

Perhaps a - after statement instead of the comma.

Could be. I know this is debatable.

And a comma after confirmed.

Granted.

Also I think you would need a set of coordinates, not just a coordinate.

Actually, we can argue over that.
If you want to combine individual parameters, then you use the plural.
If you regard those parameters as a single vector, then you can use singular, or so I was told. I could be wrong though.

English is my second language, sadly I don't have a first.