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Pointless English Grammar Argument (pg. 3)
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| Furel |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrSquirrel
There is nothing technically wrong with it. I would usually say "who are" but I was correcting more his use of the plural/singular forms and wanted to keep the contractions as a matter of consistency.
MrS |
The problem with "who're" is, if you miss the apostrophe (however you spell this) like most people do in that's, he's etc., you get a new, offensive word... :p |
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| Omegasox |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrSquirrel
"David was in hospital for two weeks."
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That looks like how a 5 year old would speak. =\ |
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| DJ-Fuq |
| What a pointless argument. Luke said "this was a nice remix" which doesnt really make sense. "That was a nice remix" and "this is a nice remix" are right. So coup is right when he says he shouldve said "is", but not for the reason he stated. |
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| MrSquirrel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omegasox
That looks like how a 5 year old would speak. =\ |
That is how everyone who speaks English outside of North America says it.
I know they are odd....I got used to it from reading a lot of Australian newspaper articles online a couple years back.
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| arctic |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrSquirrel
1337 sp34k is another problem.
Of course, it is coming from an Australian and most people up here couldn't understand one 90% of the time anyway.
:p
MrS |
Ah the irony, an american bashing someone else about their English/Accent. ;)
Howdy cowboy? :thepirate |
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| Coup |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ-Fuq
What a pointless argument. |
u were warned in the title :p |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by Coup
nik this was a mint remix of nudawn :p
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I think this line interests me more than the actual topic. :conf: |
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| Ste |
if he didnt finish it or it is now (although luke said it was good now so this wont be the case) , then it is "was".
otherwise it's "is" |
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| Slylee |
I have a question. Where would you guys put the apostrophe in this person’s name in this sentence?
Enclosed please find medical records from Dr. bla bla regarding Maria Matos’s IME.
I said it goes like that (the way I just wrote it). This chick I work with corrected it and said it should be...
Maria Matos’ IME.
The apostraphe only goes at the end w/ no s when the word is plural right? Please tell me I’m right...this is like high school English and I’ll feel stupid if I’m wrong considering I qualified for English honors in my college placement test. |
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| Slylee |
| well i asked my mom and she and her coworker both said i'm wrong. if ANY word ends in s there is no s after the apostrophe. i could have sworn that s' only applied to an actual plural word. oh well. |
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| sym |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
well i asked my mom and she and her coworker both said i'm wrong. if ANY word ends in s there is no s after the apostrophe. i could have sworn that s' only applied to an actual plural word. oh well. |
Actually, when the word is single and ending in an s, either "'" or "'s" are accetable.
For example, both "Jesus' sandles" and "Jesus's sandles" are correct. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by sym
Actually, when the word is single and ending in an s, either "'" or "'s" are accetable.
For example, both "Jesus' sandles" and "Jesus's sandles" are correct. |
But wouldn't that be "sandals"? |
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