Apostrophe'''''s, when did the rot set in?

[Devilstreak]

sublimatica said:

central said:

On the "which famous person do you share a birthday with" thread

Devilstreak said:

Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson - From blackeyed pea's

On the 'Found anything good on YouTube' thread:

Devilstreak said:

That must of taken donkeys years..

Is this the same Devilstreak? I think we should be told...

Yup. That would be me. Good job i'm an accountant. Numbers are easier to work with.

Worst thing is i'm sure i copy/pasted the "blackeyed pea's" bit from a birthday website.

Edited by Devilstreak on Friday 25th September 16:31

[Johnnytheboy]

It occurred to me today that the the rule that 'its' isn't apostophised when used in the possessive sense is counter-intuitive.

We say "the dog played with the cat's toy"

But we also say "the cat played with its own toy", rather than "it's own toy".

For parity both - or neither - should have an apostrophe really.

[DickyC]

Johnnytheboy said:

It occurred to me today that the the rule that 'its' isn't apostophised when used in the possessive sense is counter-intuitive.

We say "the dog played with the cat's toy"

But we also say "the cat played with its own toy", rather than "it's own toy".

For parity both - or neither - should have an apostrophe really.

Put "its" in with "his" and "hers" and it's easier to grasp.

One school of thought suggests the origin of the possessive apostrophe is explaining about, say, the coat belonging to Robert. "Robert, his coat." We now use the contraction, "Robert's coat."

[central]

A thread on the Midlands forum said:

Hi You's lot.....

[Pints]

Saw this poster for sale in one of those stty gag shops.

[central]

Monaro forum said:

Should I get my Disc's Skimmed

[jamesson]

Thread about Button winning the F1 championship said:

And how sporting of Ruben's to lend JB his plane.

Rogue apostrophes in names is particularly astonishing to my mind.

Edit for formatting.

Edited by jamesson on Thursday 22 October 02:52

[jamesson]

Thread about Germans wishing they'd won the war said:

Well with the gov't we've ended up with anyway I'd say it looks like the Nazi's DID win!

[central]

General Gassing thread said:

dheads Driving With Mobile's Clamped To Their Ears

[DickyC]

central said:

General Gassing thread said:

dheads Driving With Mobile's Clamped To Their Ears

What a missed opportunity!

dhead's Driving With Mobile's Clamped To Their Ear's

That's better. There's always room for improvement.

[central]

DickyC said:

central said:

General Gassing thread said:

dheads Driving With Mobile's Clamped To Their Ears

What a missed opportunity!

dhead's Driving With Mobile's Clamped To Their Ear's

That's better. There's always room for improvement.

Or even - Dickhed's Driving With Mobile's Clamped To They're Ear's

[Ganglandboss]

I've just been in Philpott's in Manchester. They had:

• 'Spicy Potatoe' (X2 on separate boards informing us what the soup of the day is)
• NEW Jacket Potato's
• Bite size roast potatos

[jamesson]

Guys thread currently running said:

annoy's

Good grief.



Another edit for formatting

Edited by jamesson on Thursday 22 October 16:43

[central]

NismoGT in another thread said:

Toff's will be jumping for joy. It sais Cameron will repeal it without putting it before the Common's

[jamesson]

Someone on the Overtaking Cows thread said:

I watched that three time's. I must get out more

[DickyC]

Now I know this isn't an apostrophe outrage but I had to share it with someone.

To add to Lloyd Webber's problems, the Daily Telegraph can't spell prostate.



Prostrate cancer. That is woeful. Poor bloke.

[byhff]

I have an apostrophe in my name - when you spell it out on the phone half the folk either have no clue what you mean and ignore it altogether or put the piece of punctuation in closest proximity to their fingers on the keyboard. Quite a few go for a hyphen which I also have later on in the spelling of my name - that really confuses them.

Makes for some interesting post.

[central]

DickyC said:

Now I know this isn't an apostrophe outrage but I had to share it with someone.

To add to Lloyd Webber's problems, the Daily Telegraph can't spell prostate.



Prostrate cancer. That is woeful. Poor bloke.

He ain't gonna take that laying down.

[Funk]

posterboy said:

What is it with PH and grammar nerds?

Because if no-one stands up for standards things get gradually worse. Just because large numbers of people 'get it wrong' doesn't mean we should accept the 'wrong' as the new 'right'.

[Dimski]

Quick question.

I know it's accepted without, but would you use one with 'plane, or 'paper?

We still do... (At work that is.)