Ah, the apostrophe. Better not get me started on this one as my blood pressure won't take it. I once threatened to bludgeon a PhD student to death if I saw another apostrophe on a plural noun or an "its" of possession. I'm going to join that society right away.
Indeed. Actually have replaced that coven member after 2 day's, not becau'se of the apostrophe's though. Not wi'shing to appear fickle I will not be mentioning it.
MD - please feel free to correct my use of the apostrophe any time you see fit. It is something I constantly strive to grasp. Along with splitting the infinitive.
Ohara: Thank you for your confidence. Actually I haven't noticed any mistakes in your posts re . the apostrophe. Splitting the infinitive is not a heinous crime and it's sometimes necessary to do so inorder to avoid sounding convoluted or pompous -as long as you know you're doing it and can discriminate it's pretty much ok.
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Ah, the apostrophe. Better not get me started on this one as my blood pressure won't take it. I once threatened to bludgeon a PhD student to death if I saw another apostrophe on a plural noun or an "its" of possession. I'm going to join that society right away.
Indeed. Actually have replaced that coven member after 2 day's, not becau'se of the apostrophe's though. Not wi'shing to appear fickle I will not be mentioning it.
MD - please feel free to correct my use of the apostrophe any time you see fit. It is something I constantly strive to grasp. Along with splitting the infinitive.
Where do I put the ","?
Don't tell me.
Ohara: Thank you for your confidence. Actually I haven't noticed any mistakes in your posts re . the apostrophe. Splitting the infinitive is not a heinous crime and it's sometimes necessary to do so inorder to avoid sounding convoluted or pompous -as long as you know you're doing it and can discriminate it's pretty much ok.
Glad the bloodboilingness is shared by m'erudite readers.
As for the ",", nowhere near the ":", I would recommend.
Splitting the infinitive is not a heinous crime
Ah so splitting the infinitive is like starting a sentence with But. ;-)
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