Whatever happened to the 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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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."
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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.
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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.
@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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My mother called them mongoloids. And in her mind it was entirely descriptive not remotely derogatory.
