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English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:34 pm
by FNMilk
Please Mr Mod, fix the wording on the drop down list from the Fanzine link.
Fan's Forum to Fans' Forum as there is more than one fan.
Cheer's s'uper s'ite. Well done with the upgrade.
C'Mon Ulster!!!!!!!!!!
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:50 pm
by fermain
oops,
heh heh heh!
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:10 pm
by cables
Perhaps one should stay clear of this one as one only got 161 out of 400 in English way back in the days well before GCSE and A levels. However, it never stopped me from expressing an opinion previously.
Fans Forum as in forum for fans rather than forum owned by fans would seem OK to me.
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:04 pm
by GerryO'
The problem with saying anything about grammar is you set yourself up for a fall as everyone makes a mistake eventually.
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:38 am
by cables
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.
'Why?' asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
'Well, I'm a panda', he says, at the door. 'Look it up.'
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. 'Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.'
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:10 am
by fermain
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:11 pm
by FNMilk
GerryO' wrote:The problem with saying anything about grammar is you set yourself up for a fall as everyone makes a mistake eventually.
That's very true GerryO. I've set myself up for an almighty fall in the future.
However, if they all end up laughing at me then at least they're leaving some other poor sod alone
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:28 pm
by GerryO'
My comment was a general one, not just about you. I've been caught out a few times especially as my spelling is bad and there's no checker on this site.
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:34 pm
by Rooster
Gerry if you use Firefox there is a useful dictionary which can be found in the add ons.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:3
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:16 pm
by GerryO'
Thanks, but that's too much like hard work. I'll just continue to make mistakes and claim they are Ulster Scots.
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:35 pm
by Cap'n Grumpy
GerryO' wrote:My comment was a general one, not just about you. I've been caught out a few times especially as my spelling is bad and there's no checker on this site.
I have a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye cannot sea.
When eye strike a quay, right a word
I weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait aweigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two late
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely, rarely grate.
I've run this poem threw it
I'm shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:47 pm
by pwrmoore
After its downfall does the apostrophe fall into a comma?
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:46 pm
by Cap'n Grumpy
Wot's an apostr
aphe?
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:48 pm
by GerryO'
Welcome to pedants anonymous
My name's Gerry and I'm a....liar ...
forgot me names not Gerry
Re: English Grammar. Downfall of the Apostrophe.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:49 pm
by pwrmoore
Cap'n Grumpy wrote:Wot's an apostr
aphe?
No idea. Where did you see that?
