Whatever happened to the apostrophe?
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 11:27 last edited by
You pwn3d yourself!
https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/12348/the-loss-of-an-apostrophe
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You pwn3d yourself!
https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/12348/the-loss-of-an-apostrophe
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 12:39 last edited by
Driver’s license?
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 15:44 last edited by
After CRT, there is no time left for English
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So as not to pollute the "Dark Humor" thread.
Jon's post about "Officer Down" got me wondering.
When I was in school, it wasn't "Down Syndrome," it was "Down's Syndrome." Similarly, it was "Parkinson's Disease," and "Huntington's Chorea."
What happened to the apostrophe?
EDIT: Should have written "So as to not FURTHER pollute the 'Dark Humor' thread."
wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 17:30 last edited by@George-K said in Whatever happened to the apostrophe?:
What happened to the apostrophe?
Its a mystery…
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 18:00 last edited by
One problem is that people never were given adequate explanation of the importance of grammar. A second is that teachers often didn't know what the hell they were doing when teaching grammar. Lastly, people (me) often don't re-read what we scribbled while distracted. Reading what I've read later, I have been horrified at mistakes I would have thought I was incapable of making.
I gasp every time I read someone ask for "advise" on something. When I catch myself doing that, I know my time has come to seek help.
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One problem is that people never were given adequate explanation of the importance of grammar. A second is that teachers often didn't know what the hell they were doing when teaching grammar. Lastly, people (me) often don't re-read what we scribbled while distracted. Reading what I've read later, I have been horrified at mistakes I would have thought I was incapable of making.
I gasp every time I read someone ask for "advise" on something. When I catch myself doing that, I know my time has come to seek help.
wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 18:04 last edited by@kluurs said in Whatever happened to the apostrophe?:
I gasp every time I read someone ask for "advise" on something. When I catch myself doing that, I know my time has come to seek help.
Pretty sure that’s the British spelling. I agree that anybody using it is in desperate need of help.
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 19:11 last edited by
Why stop at the apostrophe a much more prevalent problem is the disappearance of the comma I can barely read messages that don't have commas it is primitive and destructive and I hate it it sucks
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 20:14 last edited by
It’s still Parkinson’s on the websites of the two major Parkinson’s foundations.
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 20:19 last edited by
Tha main association for Huntington’s disease still uses the apostrophe.
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 20:39 last edited by George K
I was too lazy to look those up. Thanks.
But, then, why "Down Syndrome?"
Of course, in the 1960s they were called "Mongoloids."
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 21:53 last edited by jon-nyc
My mother called them mongoloids. And in her mind it was entirely descriptive not remotely derogatory.
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My mother called them mongoloids. And in her mind it was entirely descriptive not remotely derogatory.
wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 22:04 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Whatever happened to the apostrophe?:
My mother called them mongoloids. And in her mind it was entirely descriptive not remotely derogatory.
My mother was a pediatrician. She called them mongoloids as well.