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

[central]

big_peaches said:

I suggest you order from a site that allows returns, buy a size below, yours size, and a size above......try them all, send back the wrong size's...

[Pferdestarke]

Oh dear. Is this worse? I can't decide.

[Einion Yrth]

Pferdestarke said:

Oh dear. Is this worse? I can't decide.

Horizontally it's fine; vertically it's a bit dodgy, mind.

[Gompo]

We've seen far worse but still:

Somebody said:

I suspect you've never seen a school either.

You know that stuff your breathing?

[MrsMiggins]

Guvna said:

People who seem to live in gym's. Gym is their full time job

I suppose if you allow 'gymnasiums' it's ok, but come on...

[central]

Speedracer329 said:

Well the truth behind the lyric is that the girls were supposed to be cocktail waitress's,

[marshalla]

Big Al. said:

Everytime you post or reply they appear just below the icons, it is also advisable to read these in conjunction with the sites T&C's.

As with any rules and regs there will always be grey area's, and that's normally where the mods or HM get involved.

HTH.

[marshalla]

k-ink said:

Still, happy birthday to the German's

[marshalla]

Quinny said:

fking he'll mate, she died 31 years ago

[JK55]

Vipers said:

Darkslider said:

MitchT said:

Codefaster said:

I was in WH Smiths at the weekend and noted a magazine called HOBBY'S in the general/hobby section.

I haven't looked into this (there is probably an explanation I guess..) but it just looked so wrong!

The company is WH Smith. Why do people always put an 's' on the end of a company's name? The other day one of my female collages said she bought something from Etams. No, you bought something from Etam.

Smiths, Etams, Tescos, Safeways. Just something people do I guess.

Why in shops do they say "Put your PIN number in", or why did we used to talk aboot "PCB boards".

Why do shop assistants say "Have a nice day", when the really mean "F&^k off"

Edited by Vipers on Wednesday 11th March 19:21

Probably the same reason why call centre workers say "thankyou" or "thanks for your call" when; by phoning, you have just interrupted whatever they were doing or disturbed them if they were generally doing nothing.

[marshalla]

dibbers006 said:

marshalla said:

Quinny said:

fking he'll mate, she died 31 years ago

That is an iPhone auto correct.

Turns out, I say hell way more than I say he'll.

There is no requirement for anyone to accept auto-correct. Blind reliance on a machine's opinion is, if anything, worse than a genuine mistake.

[El Guapo]

Some Fool who shall remain nameless said:

make yo're own mind up

You pays you're money and takes your choice

[LordGrover]

marshalla said:

dibbers006 said:

marshalla said:

Quinny said:

fking he'll mate, she died 31 years ago

That is an iPhone auto correct.

Turns out, I say hell way more than I say he'll.

There is no requirement for anyone to accept auto-correct. Blind reliance on a machine's opinion is, if anything, worse than a genuine mistake.

The iphone 'auto-correct' is particularly irksome though.
It forces you to proof read and correct everything you type even though you've not made a mistake!

[SC7]

LordGrover said:

marshalla said:

dibbers006 said:

marshalla said:

Quinny said:

fking he'll mate, she died 31 years ago

That is an iPhone auto correct.

Turns out, I say hell way more than I say he'll.

There is no requirement for anyone to accept auto-correct. Blind reliance on a machine's opinion is, if anything, worse than a genuine mistake.

The iphone 'auto-correct' is particularly irksome though.
It forces you to proof read and correct everything you type even though you've not made a mistake!

It can often be brilliant, but sometimes very frustrating. The 'hell'/'he'll' one is my major bugbear too. My OH's changes 'me' to 'mr' every time she writes it.

[Cock Womble 7]

fatboy18 said:

buss-es and Lorry's

[El Guapo]

SteveS Cup said:

They've used Skoda's, Subaru's, ST's, BMW's, Mondeo's...

[Melch]

El Guapo said:

SteveS Cup said:

They've used Skoda's, Subaru's, ST's, BMW's, Mondeo's...

I've seen that mistake repeatedly in main dealer adverts. aholes!

[FesterNath]

Melch said:

El Guapo said:

SteveS Cup said:

They've used Skoda's, Subaru's, ST's, BMW's, Mondeo's...

I've seen that mistake repeatedly in main dealer adverts. aholes!

Haha - I just looked up this thread to paste that. What is it that makes so many people think that looks correct? Or should it be "look's correct"!

[singlecoil]

FesterNath said:

Melch said:

El Guapo said:

SteveS Cup said:

They've used Skoda's, Subaru's, ST's, BMW's, Mondeo's...

I've seen that mistake repeatedly in main dealer adverts. aholes!

Haha - I just looked up this thread to paste that. What is it that makes so many people think that looks correct? Or should it be "look's correct"!

I think they are working on the principle that, if there is an s at the end, and if in doubt, then use an apostrophe. I'm sure it doesn't occur to them that they are doing anything wrong, or that they should think about it, or, even, learn the rule.

[central]

yoof full chav said:

I have dual identity's