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Bad Grammar Loose in Public
I read somewhere (I do read a lot!) that you write it depending on how you say it. Some people would say Ross' and some would say Ross's. I don't mind as long as people are consistent.
I did a grammar course a while back and I have to say I ended up a lot more confusd after.It was all along the lines of This is the case, except here, here, here, sometimes here and here if there is a y. Hmm thanks.
Ignite wrote: "I read somewhere (I do read a lot!) that you write it depending on how you say it. Some people would say Ross' and some would say Ross's. I don't mind as long as people are consistent."Not always true. Some T-form verbs exist more in speech than in writing - dreamt, spelt etc. You'd probably say "you spelt that wrong", but you're more likely to write "you spelled that wrong".
I think the t-forms are well accepted now though? Again, I wouldn't pick someone up on it except for inconsistency.
I saw a meme on Facebook the other day that said, "Punctuation - the difference between knowing your s**t and knowing you're s**t."
Haha! I wish I'd said that!(I know - I will, Oscar, I will...)
If anyone's really keen on this sort of thing, I can recommend The Elements of Style. It's like having a slightly sarcastic and very pedantic school teacher to hand.
Well, yes, Ignite. You have all the elements of style!
Gee! If I could only assemble them in the right order...
I take back the cruel words I said earlier, but standards have to be raised. If this site remains ignorant of the use of the semi-colon, then what hope does the youth of this nation have? :)
Ah, come on now. Socrates and Plato used to say that - and we're all still here (arguing!)
R.M.F wrote: "I take back the cruel words I said earlier, but standards have to be raised. If this site remains ignorant of the use of the semi-colon, then what hope does the youth of this nation have? :)"I'm; willing; to use; the; semi;colon; if that; makes you; feel any; better? ;
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Tim wrote: "Some years ago, a friend got cancer of the colon and had to be operated on. By pure coincidence he also used to play Sergeant Colon in our Discworld productions. After the op, he got a nice little ..."Tim! That's wonderful!
I have even managed to fit a grammarian in the next 'Land of the Three Seas' fantasy novel :-))
I quite like semi-colons; chocolate is more interesting.
I am now frightened to write/type any comments now after reading this thread ,I don't write many comments as it is ,tend to lurk and read all these well written words . Have I made any mistakes. ha!ha! or lol but think thats not allowed either
Hi Kay, glad to see you back. I tend to write how I speak. I don't think I've ever used a semi-colon in my life (wouldn't know where to put it for a start).
I tend to use semi-colons and colons when I am going from a sentence to a list, or an address.
I keep misreading this title as: "Bad Grandma Loose in Public", it brings up images of a tabloid headline above a blurred photo taken from someone's CCTV of an angry old lady, sporting a mad grin and swinging a zimmer frame with intent to wound. Her trail of destruction would probably have been triggered by a computer generated Government letter erroneously informing her that she owes the Inland Revenue twenty billion in unpaid taxes.
I was reading it as 'Bad Grammar Loos in Public'!
So was I initially - especially in view of the first post!
I guess it is Bad Grammar Loos in Public:)
I was wondering if the 'This door is alarmed' signs are bad grammar, or have I just got a twisted mind...
Hahaha. What is the door alarmed about I wonder?
and the window is very nervous...
When I see the warning sign: "heavy plant crossing", I always think of triffids. :O
Beverley wrote: "When I see the warning sign: "heavy plant crossing", I always think of triffids. :O"Heavy plant crossing makes me think of a huge tree holding up its skirt, showing its roots and dashing from one side of the road to the other.
Lovely picture that Sara!
I love it here! Anywhere else and I'm considered a little peculiar, here I'm almost normal!
Beverley wrote: "I love it here! Anywhere else and I'm considered a little peculiar, here I'm almost normal!"Hahaha!
Maybe we should rename this The Almost Normal Group
ANGUKAKF. Can't even pronounce it. Or TANGUKAKF. The Almost Normal Group UK Amazon Kindle Forum.
The past, the present, and the future walk into a bar. It was tense...Grammar jokes are just as bad as cracker jokes!
A gerund and a present participle got into a brawl. They were both fighting...I don't think it'll catch on!
Everyday on the way to school we pass a beauty parlour called " Merlin Monros' ". Big pictures of Marilyn Monroe pasted all over the windows.
Not sure whether to laugh or cry.
Oh there's also a pizza place just around the the corner called the "Pizza Hat"
I like the idea of a pizza hat.
Hot cheese down the back of my neck?No thanks.
You'd wear it cheese side up, obviously
I'm non-conformist when cheese is involved.
That's why you're always doing laundry. Cheese side up = less laundry. Your choice ;)
Nudity would save on laundry there.
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It comes before when a letter is missing i.e. that is = that's
or if it's mine = Judith's
Is that right?
So..."
It's exactly the same, but when the word ends in s, instead of s's, it's common to drop the s after the apostrophe: s' Friends's is still correct, but much less common than friends'
Happens both ways more with names though: Lewis's = Lewis', Ross's = Ross', Jesus's = Jesus' etc.