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

[227bhp]

DickyC said:

A lot of the it's and its mistakes could well be over zealous predictive text missed by the writer rather than an indictment of the nation's poor grammar.

That's like saying my car ended up in the river because Schmatnav told me to go there.

Spell check yourself, before you wreck yourself.

[DickyC]

Unusual.

[DibblyDobbler]

Looks like it used to be in the wrong place and it got moved to the right place?

[DickyC]

I wondered if the big S fell off and was replaced with a little s.

To be honest I couldn't read it to begin with.

[Osinjak]

[130R]

Apparently this is the correct way to spell Lands Land's End

[Shakermaker]

130R said:

Apparently this is the correct way to spell Lands Land's End

Well, I would always have used it in that way. The "End" belongs to the "Land" hence "Land's End"

It is not the "End" of ALL "Lands" - just the end of the one "Land" that makes up Great Britain.

[RichB]

130R said:

Apparently this is the correct way to spell Lands Land's End

Indeed, it is ...

[generationx]

This thread

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

So many apostrophes...

[jamesson]

I know the general consensus is that we don't bother with the its verus it's mistakes now, but I did expect better than the front page of a broadsheet.

[RichB]

jamesson said:

I know the general consensus is that we don't bother with the its versus it's mistakes now...

Who generally conceded that? I do bother with it, it's bloody well wrong and, like you have done, should be pointed out.

[jamesson]

leeross said:

Bet it go's!

[Einion Yrth]

DickyC said:

Unusual.

The kerning's bks and the "s" could do with being the right size, but the apostrophe placement is correct.

[Hackney]

jamesson said:

leeross said:

Bet it go's!

[Hackney]

jamesson said:

I know the general consensus is that we don't bother with the its verus it's mistakes now, but I did expect better than the front page of a broadsheet.

The offending text is in quotation marks, but is it written down from their spoken statement or a direct copy of a written statement?

[jamesson]

Hackney said:

The offending text is in quotation marks, but is it written down from their spoken statement or a direct copy of a written statement?

If it's the former it's criminal. If it's the latter I'd expect the inclusion of (sic) where appropriate, which would look messy in a headline. Either way, it looks terrible.

[DibblyDobbler]

Hackney said:

jamesson said:

leeross said:

Bet it go's!

[tobinen]

TTmonkey said:

the para's and the marine's have been arguing about this for years. I'd say the Marine's are the more rounded, capable force. Para's are mental and aggressive. All the (ex) Para's I've known (not many granted) seem to have a complete screw loose. The Marine's seem to have a far more laid back attitude to being 'the best'. The Para's seem to need to prove that they are the best, as if there's some self doubt.

[CAPP0]

Well, we haven't had an update for a while so I thought I'd resurrect the thread with this beauty I saw.

A-board outside a hairdresser's advertising cheap mens haircuts on a TUE'SDAY

You have to be some kind of special to add one yourself in the middle of a very well-established word. Reminds me of "Xma's trees"

I'll see if I can get a picture next time I go past there.

[RichB]

CAPP0 said:

A-board outside a hairdresser's advertising cheap mens haircuts on a TUE'SDAY.

Well, it is the day belonging to the god Tiw which I have to confess I didn't know. I knew all the rest of the associations with gods and planets so, if nothing else, this post has taught me something.

"The English name is derived from Old English Tiwesdæg and Middle English Tewesday, meaning "Tīw's Day", the day of Tiw or Týr, the god of single combat, and law and justice in Norse mythology."