Apostrophe Abuse/neglect - Page 4

monster · 10-29-2009, 09:38 PM

thanks sky. it occurred to me this morning that I have a friend who's an editor and could've answered straight away, but it is nice to have an overwhelming concensus.

Cloud · 10-29-2009, 10:27 PM

newspaper rules do not count

Cicero · 10-29-2009, 10:41 PM

I'm in school again! I was told by my professor to "watch my use of the semi-colon"; in certain cases.

I have abused my semi-colon privileges already: now it's time to beat the heck out of the colon.

Cloud · 10-29-2009, 10:47 PM

an aggressive enema?

TheMercenary · 10-29-2009, 10:54 PM

buttsex?

good stuff sky.

ZenGum · 10-29-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

thanks sky. it occurred to me this morning that I have a friend who's an editor and could've answered straight away, but it is nice to have an overwhelming concensus.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-29-2009, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I would go with fobble's idea too.

Shouldn't that be, I would go with 'fobble's idea too?

Intra-Mural Jocks

ZenGum · 10-30-2009, 02:55 AM

Cellar, Cellar, on the wall*,
who is the analest of them all?

* I acknowledge that this does not make sense. It is a poetic and rhetorical device.

monster · 10-30-2009, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

classicman · 10-30-2009, 08:31 AM

ok - Lemme axe this - so's what's the write friggin' answer?

Shawnee123 · 10-30-2009, 08:32 AM

9!

Undertoad · 10-30-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

:Cellar, Cellar, on the wall*,
who is the analest of them all?

You misspelled "analyst".

Sundae · 10-30-2009, 09:22 AM

I'm in love.

With the whole damn (damned?) lot of you.
Like, OMG!
There's no place like home and all that.
Snaps!

Spexxvet · 10-30-2009, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

9!

Ja!

skysidhe · 10-30-2009, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

newspaper rules do not count

Sure they do. A headline isn't so much different than a banner.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

You misspelled "analyst".

I think he did it on purpose as did classic purposefully misspelled 'right'.

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Originally Posted by classicman

ok - Lemme axe this - so's what's the write friggin' answer?

figgin doesn't count

and neither do user names. Those are sky skidies rules.

10-29-2009, 09:38 PM	#46
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks sky. it occurred to me this morning that I have a friend who's an editor and could've answered straight away, but it is nice to have an overwhelming concensus. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-29-2009, 10:27 PM	#47
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	newspaper rules do not count __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-29-2009, 10:41 PM	#48
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I'm in school again! I was told by my professor to "watch my use of the semi-colon"; in certain cases. I have abused my semi-colon privileges already: now it's time to beat the heck out of the colon. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-29-2009, 10:47 PM	#49
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	an aggressive enema? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-29-2009, 10:54 PM	#50
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	buttsex? good stuff sky. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-30-2009, 02:55 AM	#53
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Cellar, Cellar, on the wall, who is the analest of them all? I acknowledge that this does not make sense. It is a poetic and rhetorical device. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-30-2009, 08:31 AM	#55
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	ok - Lemme axe this - so's what's the write friggin' answer? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-30-2009, 08:32 AM	#56
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	9! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-30-2009, 09:22 AM	#58
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'm in love. With the whole damn (damned?) lot of you. Like, OMG! There's no place like home and all that. Snaps! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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