"Apostraphe now..." Topic
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stenicplus | 13 May 2013 7:35 a.m. PST |
I know it's at the heart of many of us here
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Editor in Chief Bill | 13 May 2013 7:53 a.m. PST |
Apostraphe??? |
jpattern2 | 13 May 2013 8:01 a.m. PST |
Bill, you gotta fix that. |
Parzival | 13 May 2013 8:43 a.m. PST |
No, Bill! The irony in the title is just too delicious. |
SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 13 May 2013 8:47 a.m. PST |
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John the OFM | 13 May 2013 8:50 a.m. PST |
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John the OFM | 13 May 2013 8:53 a.m. PST |
The first part of tyhe articel implied that those of us who use proper grammer and speling get the hot chicks. Would that that was true, hainna? |
Pictors Studio | 13 May 2013 9:38 a.m. PST |
It is true. Check out the difference in genders in an English class vs. an engineering class. |
etotheipi | 13 May 2013 3:53 p.m. PST |
Grammarians argue it ensures clarity and elegance. For others, it is a series of archaic rules beloved of pedants, bearing little relation to how people really communicate.
poorly and with much misunderstanding? |
jpattern2 | 13 May 2013 6:06 p.m. PST |
True. A good writer doesn't enable the reader to understand. He makes it impossible for the reader to MISunderstand. |
stenicplus | 14 May 2013 2:46 a.m. PST |
"Apostraphe" Oops . Still, think of the fun you've had! |
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