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Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 4:24:07 PM   
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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 4:26:38 PM   
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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 4:26:39 PM   
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I never quite could understand how such typos get into thread titles. We can't even proofread the title???

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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 4:28:24 PM   
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Now punctuation kills them too?
A new definition to the term grammar nazi's perhaps?


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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 4:49:43 PM   
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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 4:50:23 PM   
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A new definition to the term grammar nazi's perhaps?

It's funny: I deliberately didn't use the word Nazi, because I agree with George Orwell that overuse drains political terms of their meaning. As he said, "The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable.'"

Please tell me that apostrophe was a joke.



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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 4:57:22 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ScarletKissesx


A new definition to the term grammar nazi's perhaps?




I think this is what the OP is referring to. Apostrophes do not a plural make. Apostrophes will make a possessive of the noun, however...meaning 'belonging to'. For instance:

His hat was a Nazi's helmet. (Possessive)
He belonged to a group of Nazis. (Plural)

Fun to learn new stuff, huh?


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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 4:59:03 PM   
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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 5:12:48 PM   
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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 5:19:34 PM   
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Well its not a joke if I have to say its a joke now is it :)



Good point.

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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/20/2012 5:21:33 PM   
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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/22/2012 11:35:41 PM   
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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/23/2012 7:11:57 AM   
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I thought it was every time you masturbate God kills a puppy :O


Nope... its kittens.






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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/23/2012 7:45:43 PM   
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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

I'm generally not a grammar cop, but given a few of tonight's top thread titles, I can't resist sharing this:




I like that.

They should make one of these cartoons up somehow for there, their and they're, to, two and too, into and in to and myriad others.

I'm not the grammar police but I have to say when I see egregious errors....I simply can't continue reading....I just move on to the next.

It's like fingernails on a chalkboard for me.

Same goes with people who capture someone else's thoughts as their own, post them, blathering on and on without having done their own homework.

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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/23/2012 7:48:16 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ScarletKissesx

I thought it was every time you masturbate God kills a puppy :O
Now punctuation kills them too?
A new definition to the term grammar nazi's perhaps?




(Gonna be some deeeeeeeeeeead puppies tonight!).

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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/23/2012 7:49:35 PM   
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There's a website called Cake Wrecks that has fun with grammar. It's a good read.


AWESOME!!!!! : http://www.cakewrecks.com/


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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/23/2012 7:50:40 PM   
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ORIGINAL: descrite

Bob The Angry Flower has a wonderful poster of the concept of superfluous apostrophes:

http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html

I love Bob.



Fucking spectacular!

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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/24/2012 4:21:29 AM   
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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/24/2012 4:44:25 AM   
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I really hate to feel responsible for all those precious little puppies, but sometimes I screw those darned things up!

You're screwing puppies now?

K.

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RE: Apostrophe Addiction - 10/24/2012 3:39:03 PM   
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Don't you dare kill those puppies!!! Masturbation will turn you blind!!


I can't read.

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