apostrophes

Milla · Post by **Milla** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:46 pm

nope, still hate split infinitives and, frankly, sentences ending in a proposition - although admit that Winston Churchill's "up with which I will not put" to avoid it is a tad bizarre.
As for correcting menus, there's a traffic light outside a cafe where an A board offers "baugettes." My fingers itch. However, it's a rough part of town - I can't, can I??

yoyo123 · Post by **yoyo123** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:35 pm

I have been known to.....

Looking for help · Post by **Looking for help** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:22 pm

The worst thing for me is the use of the word 'of ' instead of 'have'. I find it is being used very often by people who should know better. I hear it all the time...colleagues at work say it all the time, people write it in e-mails and letters, my children now say it to me simply because they know it infuriates me, it is incredible how many people use it.
Aaaaaaaaaaaargh.....it drives me mad.

I think it might be out of order for me to correct my boss, what do you think ?

First-timer · Post by **First-timer** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:02 pm

Some of my very favourite sentences end in propositions.

Ed's mum · Post by **Ed's mum** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:05 pm

You should OF told us earlier!

yoyo123 · Post by **yoyo123** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:37 pm

First-timer wrote:Some of my very favourite sentences end in propositions.

*sigh*

I vaguely remember those days............

Sally-Anne · Post by **Sally-Anne** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:23 am

I really wish I had the time to join this debate.

I am in the Eats, Shoots and Leaves camp, for reference!

Midget Man · Post by **Midget Man** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:34 am

Ed's mum wrote:You should OF told us earlier!

I hate that

Milla · Post by **Milla** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:49 pm

while split infinitives are the spawn of the devil, bad spelling is fine of course!

zee · Post by **zee** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:14 pm

Milla wrote:
while split infinitives are the spawn of the devil, bad spelling is fine of course!

Everyone makes typos from time to time, but I'm surprised how often people on this forum can't spell the name or sort of school their DC are applying to or already attend. In particular, "grammEr" is NOT a word!