Apostrophe
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towman

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14,938 posts

269 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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Please help keep my blood pressure down.

Quick lesson on the use of an apostrophe.

It is used to replace a missing letter.

e.g. should not becomes shouln`t, do not becomes don`t, could not becomes couldn`t


And breathe.

silversun

4,373 posts

256 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

285 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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Not forgetting possession....

2 Smokin Barrels

32,037 posts

265 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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towman said:
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e.g. should not becomes shouln`t,

And breathe.



Should that not be shoul'n't then?

Lois

14,706 posts

282 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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I didn't think ` was a propper apostrophe, thought it had to be '.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

285 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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I'ts l'ot's' of fun's whens' yous'e get's it right........

2 Smokin Barrels

32,037 posts

265 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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towman said:

do not becomes don`t,



Do not should be d'on't

esselte

14,626 posts

297 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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2 Smokin Barrels said:
towman said:

do not becomes don`t,



Do not should be d'on't


MMMMMM donuts

puggit

49,820 posts

278 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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Apostrophe's are great

towman

Original Poster:

14,938 posts

269 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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2 Smokin Barrels said:
towman said:
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e.g. should not becomes shouln`t,

And breathe.



Should that not be shoul'n't then?


You know I read it three times because I knew some smartass would pull me up on any mistakes and STILL missed that one!

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

285 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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puggit said:
Apostrophe's are great


......................

2 Smokin Barrels

32,037 posts

265 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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towman said:

I knew some smartass...


Got that right then

rude girl

6,937 posts

289 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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While we're exorcising our demons, can I just mention que please? As in 'Que Vixpy...'.

It's cue.

Thank you so much. I'm feeling better now

2 Smokin Barrels

32,037 posts

265 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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rude girl said:
While we're exorcising our demons, can I just mention que please? As in 'Que Vixpy...'.

It's cue.

Thank you so much. I'm feeling better now


Is that like in a cue at the bus stop?

Pigeon

18,535 posts

276 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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Well then Fido got up off the floor an' he rolled over
An' he looked me straight in the eye
An' you know what he said?
Once upon a time
Somebody say to me
(This is a dog talkin' now)
What is your Conceptual Continuity?
Well, I told him right then
(Fido said)
It should be easy to see
The crux of the biscuit
Is the Apostrophe(')
Well, you know
The man who was talkin' to the dog
Looked at the dog an' he said: (sort of staring in desbelief)
"You can't say that!"
He said:
"IT DOESN'T, 'n YOU CAN'T!
I WON'T, 'n IT DON'T!
IT HASN'T, IT ISN'T, IT EVEN AIN'T
'N IT SHOULDN'T . . .
IT COULDN'T!"
He told me NO NO NO!
I told him YES YES YES!
I said: "I do it all the time . . .
Ain't this boogie a mess!"

R988

7,496 posts

259 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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2 Smokin Barrels said:
rude girl said:
While we're exorcising our demons, can I just mention que please? As in 'Que Vixpy...'.

It's cue.

Thank you so much. I'm feeling better now


Is that like in a cue at the bus stop?


nope thats a queue

cue is that stick you use for breaking over peoples head in a bar fight, or occaisionally to hit balls on a table, alternatively, some use it to play pool, crazy I know...

esselte

14,626 posts

297 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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R988 said:
2 Smokin Barrels said:
rude girl said:
While we're exorcising our demons, can I just mention que please? As in 'Que Vixpy...'.

It's cue.

Thank you so much. I'm feeling better now


Is that like in a cue at the bus stop?


nope thats a queue

cue is that stick you use for breaking over peoples head in a bar fight, or occaisionally to hit balls on a table, alternatively, some use it to play pool, crazy I know...



Same thing surely

2 Smokin Barrels

32,037 posts

265 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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R988 said:
2 Smokin Barrels said:
rude girl said:
While we're exorcising our demons, can I just mention que please? As in 'Que Vixpy...'.

It's cue.

Thank you so much. I'm feeling better now


Is that like in a cue at the bus stop?


nope thats a queue

cue is that stick you use for breaking over peoples head in a bar fight, or occaisionally to hit balls on a table, alternatively, some use it to play pool, crazy I know...


..Oh, I thought that was like when a the government is overthrown...

Eric Mc

125,742 posts

295 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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Que?

rude girl

6,937 posts

289 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2005
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2 Smokin Barrels said:
R988 said:
2 Smokin Barrels said:
rude girl said:
While we're exorcising our demons, can I just mention que please? As in 'Que Vixpy...'.

It's cue.

Thank you so much. I'm feeling better now


Is that like in a cue at the bus stop?


nope thats a queue

cue is that stick you use for breaking over peoples head in a bar fight, or occaisionally to hit balls on a table, alternatively, some use it to play pool, crazy I know...


..Oh, I thought that was like when a the government is overthrown...


No, that's the noise that a pigeon makes...