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The misplaced apostrophe epidemic

Gibonius

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There are signs scattered around campus advertising a talk about "And End of Days."

Much facepalming has been observed.
 

Douglas

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Sometimes I just get confused when common parlance seems to have eclipsed proper usage.

To wit: Farmers Markets. I think it ought to be farmers' market, but I never see anyone put the apostrophe out there. Its a catastrophe.
Who's going to be the first douchebag to point out I misspelled "its?" Its a TRAP muthafucka!
 

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Originally Posted by Douglas
Sometimes I just get confused when common parlance seems to have eclipsed proper usage.

To wit: Farmers Markets. I think it ought to be farmers' market, but I never see anyone put the apostrophe out there. Its a catastrophe.
Who's going to be the first douchebag to point out I misspelled "its?" Its a TRAP muthafucka!


Wouldn't it technically be farmers' market?
 

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Originally Posted by runner-guy
This is nothing compared to the number of idiots I see on Facebook who don't know the difference between "their" and "they're".
Or You're not your.
 

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Originally Posted by gfreeman
Yeah, that bugs me almost as much as people who DOUBLE SPACE AFTER PERIODS when typing on a computer. You aren't supposed to do that **** "” that's a vestige of the typewriter days when every letter was the same width. Now they aren't, so ******* single space.

Why is this a problem for you?
 

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Because it takes up unnecessary space and from an aesthetic point of view, doesn't look as good, either.
 

Douglas

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Originally Posted by kwilkinson
Wouldn't it technically be farmers' market?

is that not exactly what i typed, captain doucheface?
 

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Originally Posted by Douglas
Sometimes I just get confused when common parlance seems to have eclipsed proper usage.

To wit: Farmers Markets. I think it ought to be farmers' market, but I never see anyone put the apostrophe out there. Its a catastrophe.
Who's going to be the first douchebag to point out I misspelled "its?" Its a TRAP muthafucka!


fell for trap
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HRoi

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where do we stand on misplaced, commas?
 

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I see fewer and fewer students using indented paragraphs. They just skip a line instead.
 

HRoi

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i don't like indented paragraphs meself...i like the symmetry of a solid block of text (at least at the top)
 

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I thought part of being literarily great is to violate conventional grammar?
 

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Originally Posted by imageWIS
I really want to start sending people letters / emails utilizing ligatures such as 'ct', 'long s', et al. But no one would understand.
You're so goddamned cool.
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