Wow, Do I have bad grammar...

[DanSwano]

I think he meant the posts from scapeboard.com. The posts which were deleted in 2004 :cry:

[runesmithie]

I think he meant the posts from scapeboard.com. The posts which were deleted in 2004 :cry:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^^what he said

 

 

 

Archive.org hasnt been too reliable for me :(

[Phil]

 

I think he meant the posts from scapeboard.com. The posts which were deleted in 2004 :cry:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^^what he said

 

 

 

Archive.org hasnt been too reliable for me :(

 

 

 

He said he "looked at his posts one day"... not necessarily recently

[blazer]

What the? What's with all the people ripping me about "peoples"? It shouldn't have an apostraphe unless it's a proper noun (eg "Phil's car") or it's a contraction (eg "Don't / do not").

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't really think of any other places for an apostraphe... Maybe someone can help me? :)

[Guest]

Yeah I tend to write out all my sentences properly only because I am a touch typer and it doesn't take that much more effort. :)

 

 

 

When I was younger and not a good typer I would always write out abbreviated like '2' for 'to' and so on. Then when I went back to school after a long summer break I would be writing like that for the next two weeks. So I really try not to get into bad grammar/typing habits.

[AThousandLies]

 

 

 

Wrong. "People's" is correct; with an apostrophe. Without, it is incorrect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He said "peoples" is a word, which you denied. He never used the words correct or incorrect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was referring to being grammatically correct.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I already confessed that you were grammatically correct; I simply made the claim that, contrary to what you said, 'peoples' is a word.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Damn you.

[Umega]

I always try and type properly. Even if I'm typing up a post really fast, I always check my spelling and grammar. I don't want people to think of me as lazy! :lol:

[Zippi08]

When I was like 11, I used to use chat with abbreviations. Then after a few years, I stopped doing that and started to type with proper English and grammar. The only things I abbreviate nowadays are common phrases like 'lol' and 'brb'.

 

 

 

Whenever I read a post now, if it's not written in proper English and grammar, I lose interest really fast and don't even wanna read it.

[Astralinre]

What the? What's with all the people ripping me about "peoples"? It shouldn't have an apostraphe unless it's a proper noun (eg "Phil's car") or it's a contraction (eg "Don't / do not").

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't really think of any other places for an apostraphe... Maybe someone can help me? :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I could type this out, but why do it when Rick explained it so well in his Writing Guide?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Possessives

 

 

 

An apostrophe is used in a possessive form, like Esther's family or Janet's cigarettes, and this is the use of the apostrophe which cases most of the trouble. The basic rule is simple enough: a possessive form is spelled with 's at the end. Hence:

 

 

 

Lisa's essay

 

 

 

a week's work

 

 

 

England's navy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rule applies in most cases even with a name ending in s:

 

 

 

Thomas's job

 

 

 

the bus's arrival

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are three types of exceptions. First, a plural noun which already ends in s takes only a following apostrophe:

 

 

 

the girls' excitement

 

 

 

both players' injuries

 

 

 

my parents' wedding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is reasonable. We don't pronounce these words with two esses, and so we don't write two esses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second, a name ending in s takes only an apostrophe if the possessive is not pronounced with an extra s. Hence:

 

 

 

Ulysses' companions

 

 

 

Saint Saens' music

 

 

 

Aristophanes' plays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In short, an apostrophe is used for nearly all possessive forms, whether the noun being made possessive is proper or not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To AThousandLies: :P :)