deskthority

Someone wrote this recently on DT:

I wonder if he know's […] the answer's we have been looking for […]. What industry secret's are they hiding […]?

And I thought the so-called "Deppen-Apostroph" was a German aberration…

If you can't use an apostrophe, you don't know your shit

- David Marsh

https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind- ... apostrophe

You've been kbdfr'erd.

Thank you for the article, seebart

Quoted from there (re-layouted and emphasis added):

To sum up: apostrophes are the difference
between a supermarket that knows its shit and one that knows it's shit;
between feeling you're nuts and feeling your nuts […]

In English, they call it the "Greengrocer's Apostrophe". Or should they be be "Greengrocer's's Apostrophe's"?

kbdfr wrote: Thank you for the article, seebart

Quoted from there (re-layouted and emphasis added):

To sum up: apostrophes are the difference
between a supermarket that knows its shit and one that knows it's shit;
between feeling you're nuts and feeling your nuts […]

Yes, he's got some fantastic examples that are nothing but british blunt. What's also fun is to use " ` " instead of " ' ". Wrong, but fun.

It is good to know that I am not the only one who is driven mad by the catastrophe of apostrophe misuse!

Not trying to sound apologetic, but there's no reason for an apodictic apotheosis of current language rules! Languages change, a few apostrophy mistakes don't mean impending apocalyse! To millenials, our old rules might already seem apocryphal.

Halvar wrote:
To millenials, our old rules might already seem apocryphal.

Try to get a teenager to read "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"