Make that a triple.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=17641#p17641]Here[/url] benread wrote:my wifes birthday creating double trouble!
Apostrophe crimes
Ben Read’s missing apostrophe
Re: Ben Read’s missing apostrophe
Are there no allowances made for 6.19am on a Wednesday, particularly for those deprived of sleep by a 5 week old?!jdaw1 wrote:Make that a triple.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=17641#p17641]Here[/url] benread wrote:my wifes birthday creating double trouble!
Ben
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
Re: Ben Read’s missing apostrophe
The defence quietly omitted to mention half a bottle of 1987 Delaforce Quinta da Corte.benread wrote:Are there no allowances made for 6.19am on a Wednesday, particularly for those deprived of sleep by a 5 week old?!
Re: Ben Read’s missing apostrophe
It is not clear if that is being accepted as evidence for the defence or used against me by the prosecution?!jdaw1 wrote:The defence quietly omitted to mention half a bottle of 1987 Delaforce Quinta da Corte.benread wrote:Are there no allowances made for 6.19am on a Wednesday, particularly for those deprived of sleep by a 5 week old?!
Ben
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
Tesco
It isn’t an apostrophe crime, but the following story slightly gladdened a pedant’s heart.
It only slightly gladdens my heart because there is no uncertainty over whether the current notices should use "fewer" instead of "less". It should be “fewer†. The gladdening is further lessened by the use of two consecutive prepositions (“Up to 10 items†), but I’ll take such scraps as I am thrown.The BBC, in a story entitled [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7590440.stm]Tesco checks out wording change[/url], wrote:Tesco is to change the wording of signs on its fast-track checkouts to avoid any linguistic dispute.
The supermarket giant is to replace its current "10 items or less" notices with signs saying "Up to 10 items".
Tesco's move follows uncertainty over whether the current notices should use "fewer" instead of "less".
The new wording was suggested to Tesco by language watchdog The Plain English Campaign. Tesco said the change would be phased in across its stores.
"Saying up to 10 items is easy to understand and avoids any debate," said a spokesman for The Plain English Campaign.
"Fewer" should be used when you are talking about items that can be counted individually, for example, "fewer than 10 apples".
"Less" is correct when quantities cannot be individually counted in that case, e.g. "I would like less water".
Tesco is the UK's largest supermarket group with 2,106 outlets across the country.
Re: Apostrophe crimes
I wonder if they're aware that they just lowered the item limit for the lines?
Glenn Elliott
Re: Apostrophe crimes
English not being my 1st language , all I can say is : Tabarnouche
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Re: Apostrophe crimes
As non-apostrophic pedantry seems to be becoming allowable, I indite jdaw1 for the following abuse of the double negative:
jdaw1, perhaps quoting, wrote [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1931&p=17832#p17831]here[/url] wrote:I can’t get no satisfaction
Re: Apostrophe crimes
Perhaps the song to which that refers is older than you. I think that I have fairly quoted something that has become part of the language.JacobH wrote:As non-apostrophic pedantry seems to be becoming allowable, I indite jdaw1 for the following abuse of the double negative:jdaw1, perhaps quoting, wrote [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1931&p=17832#p17831]here[/url] wrote:I can’t get no satisfaction
Also the “wrote here wrote† suggests that you haven’t quite mastered the quotation technology.
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I believe, judging by the wikipedia entry, it’s evens as to whether it would be older than DRT. However, that aside, surely the argument that it “has become part of the language† is a dangerous one, unless one wishes to boldly go to a society free of language pedants…jdaw1 wrote:Perhaps the song to which that refers is older than you. I think that I have fairly quoted something that has become part of the language.JacobH wrote:As non-apostrophic pedantry seems to be becoming allowable, I indite jdaw1 for the following abuse of the double negative:jdaw1, perhaps quoting, wrote [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1931&p=17832#p17831]here[/url] wrote:I can’t get no satisfaction
Re: Apostrophe crimes
On the assumption that it is this wiki entry you are talking about it seems I am 3 months older than the song. That is if you go by the release date rather than the date it was written or recorded.JacobH wrote: I believe, judging by the wikipedia entry, it’s evens as to whether it would be older than DRT.
I can't get no 1965 VP.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Apostrophe crimes
jdaw1 wrote:the song to which that refers
DRT’s wiki entry forwards to mine. So other than providing the same content and being slower to load, I’m not quite sure what advantages it is purported to provide. My ignorance — no problem.DRT wrote:this
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It adds time to allow a sip of VP between web pages.jdaw1 wrote:jdaw1 wrote:the song to which that refersDRT’s wiki entry forwards to mine. So other than providing the same content and being slower to load, I’m not quite sure what advantages it is purported to provide. My ignorance — no problem.DRT wrote:this
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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If you go for the Devo version it is "I Can't Get Me No Satisfaction", with a sort of quirky reggae beat. However, when dealing with such problems I suggest that we tell our upper lips to "Be Stiff".DRT wrote:It adds time to allow a sip of VP between web pages.jdaw1 wrote:jdaw1 wrote:the song to which that refersDRT’s wiki entry forwards to mine. So other than providing the same content and being slower to load, I’m not quite sure what advantages it is purported to provide. My ignorance — no problem.DRT wrote:this
This is the thread for random lyric quotes, is it not?
Port is basically a red drink
Andy V’s extra apostrophe
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=18031#p18031]Here[/url] Andy V wrote:And who says us American's are the only ones who drink them young
André L. Simon’s typesetter’s apostrophe crime
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=18138#p18138]Here[/url] André Simon was quoted as having sort-of wrote:And much may happen after the newly made wines are sent to the shipper’s lodges and before they are shipped to this or any other country.
Chinese apostrophe crimes
Oh my goodness. An “x† where a “Ã † was meant, and then an entirely gratuitous “'s†. China is buying all the world’s commodities: will she soon start gobbling up all the apostrophes?[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=18269#p18269]Here[/url] g-man wrote:China is roughly 39x's the size of the UK
Re: Chinese apostrophe crimes
i thought the x' would indeed denote the “Ã † was meant. The gratuitous "s" then would simply imply more the plural version of such statement.jdaw1 wrote:Oh my goodness. An “x† where a “Ã † was meant, and then an entirely gratuitous “'s†. China is buying all the world’s commodities: will she soon start gobbling up all the apostrophes?[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=18269#p18269]Here[/url] g-man wrote:China is roughly 39x's the size of the UK
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Re: Chinese apostrophe crimes
Sometimes politicians say things just for the joy of watching their supporters pretend to take them seriously. This is one of those.g-man wrote:i thought the x' would indeed denote the “Ã † was meant. The gratuitous "s" then would simply imply more the plural version of such statement.
Exactly what omission was signified by the “'†? One “Ã † minus one “x†? And you want that taken seriously (by somebody other than DRT, who will happily pretend to take anything seriously—and I should know, as he thinks he’s my boss)?
Re: Chinese apostrophe crimes
Clearly the lack of port has clouded my judgment. Rather I've been stuck with a bottle of cheap, but serviceable, bottle of wine that Steph refuses to drink.jdaw1 wrote:Sometimes politicians say things just for the joy of watching their supporters pretend to take them seriously. This is one of those.g-man wrote:i thought the x' would indeed denote the “Ã † was meant. The gratuitous "s" then would simply imply more the plural version of such statement.
Exactly what omission was signified by the “'†? One “Ã † minus one “x†? And you want that taken seriously (by somebody other than DRT, who will happily pretend to take anything seriously—and I should know, as he thinks he’s my boss)?
Bottoms up.
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Re: Chinese apostrophe crimes
I object. I do not pretend to be serious about being JDAW's boss. I take that responsibility very seriously.jdaw1 wrote:Sometimes politicians say things just for the joy of watching their supporters pretend to take them seriously. This is one of those.g-man wrote:i thought the x' would indeed denote the “Ã † was meant. The gratuitous "s" then would simply imply more the plural version of such statement.
Exactly what omission was signified by the “'†? One “Ã † minus one “x†? And you want that taken seriously (by somebody other than DRT, who will happily pretend to take anything seriously—and I should know, as he thinks he’s my boss)?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: Chinese apostrophe crimes
Note that DRT believes that responsibility for my errors lies with him.DRT wrote:I do not pretend to be serious about being JDAW's boss. I take that responsibility very seriously.
Re: Apostrophe crimes
Nor does Andy V give a rat’s arse about an apostrophe.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=19569#p19569]Here[/url] Andy V wrote:Look, in the past 4 days I've work in the neighborhood of 65+ hours...no Port...I'm tired, cranky, and don't give a rats arse about spelling correctly at the moment...then again, maybe because I just finished a 1/2 bottle of VP after only intending to have one or two glasses ma have something to do with thatjdaw1 wrote:Commendation for the pun assuming that you meant to substitute ‟air” for ‟err”.Andy V wrote:Better to air on the side of caution
DRT’s missing apostrophe
This reads as a careless error, not Derek being deliberately facetious.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=19722#p19722]here[/url] DRT wrote:But Obe Wan Ke-JDAW you have much to teach young Matt Skywalker:
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Re: DRT’s missing apostrophe
I'm afraid you are wrong. For once your enthusiasm has allowed you to be sucked into reporting an intentional error. Honest, its true.jdaw1 wrote:This reads as a careless error, not Derek being deliberately facetious.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=19722#p19722]here[/url] DRT wrote:But Obe Wan Ke-JDAW you have much to teach young Matt Skywalker:
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- How to check ones use of apostrophes before hitting Submit
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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