Apostrophe crimes
Uncle Tom’s extra apostrophe
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=4501#4501]Here[/url] uncle tom wrote:and it's juvenile nature
Conky’s missing apostrophe
I had to check, but the surname of George Mainwaring does not end in an ‟s”, so it can’t be claimed that ‟Captain Mainwarings classics” is some type of non-hyphenated compound adjective followed by an incorrectly pluralised noun (as in ‟a Captain-Mainwaring classic”). It should, of course, have said ‟Captain Mainwaring’s”. Judge for yourself whether any of his recently quoted words might apply.Conky wrote:Another one of Captain Mainwarings classics seems apt...
"You Stupid Boy!"
Derek T.’s missing apostrophe
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=4637#4637]Here[/url] Derek T. wrote:Corky - you could at least try to spell our new members name properly
Conky’s missing apostrophe
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=4838#4838]Here[/url] Conky wrote:I suppose when all the banter peters out, it can be moved to Meaningless Drivel, and leave Dereks original first Post.
ADV’s apostrophe error
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=5247#5247]Here[/url] ADV wrote:Alan...blame the Americans...OK, your probably right
Conky: who’s | whose?
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=5434#5434]Here[/url] Conky wrote:there are some stupidly priced wines out there, who's prices can not be justified!
Conky’s missing apostrophes
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=5546#5546]Here[/url] Conky wrote:then chuckled when I saw it was Julians Apostrophe Crimes!
In [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=5546#5546]the same post[/url] Conky wrote:thats how it happens
Conky’s missing apostrophes
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=5582#5582]Here[/url] Conky wrote:You know I cant spell.
Oddly, a significant proportion of the characters affected by the weak battery have been quotation marks. How strange!In [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=5582#5582]the same post[/url] Conky wrote:But your also going to have to put up with my batteries going in my cordless keyboard.
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square and curly parentheses
Conky being a frequent user of the square and curly parentheses on some other bulletin board, presumably?AHB wrote:Perhaps because the quotation marks and apostrophe keys are the least used they are therefore the first to be affected by declining batteries?
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Re: square and curly parentheses
I can only assume so. Could there be another explanation?jdaw1 wrote:Conky being a frequent user of the square and curly parentheses on some other bulletin board, presumably?AHB wrote:Perhaps because the quotation marks and apostrophe keys are the least used they are therefore the first to be affected by declining batteries?
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Conky’s missing apostrophe
Well, that same key seems to have failed again on Conky’s keyboard.
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=5688#5688]Here[/url] Conky wrote:Now your a proper member.
ADV’s apostrophe crimes
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=6019#6019]Here[/url] ADV wrote:we are going to have 5 bottles of port tonight, plus some dry wines....just wanted to rub that in...now don't drink all you're port. We shall do that for you, after all, what are friends for
Conky’s apostrophe crime(s)
If ‟Bobs” is just a friendly term of endearment, then there’s only one apostrophe crime in here. Somewhat informal though for somebody one hasn’t met, and who hasn’t yet posted. In which case see previous rant about this perhaps Conky meant ‟Bob has”, abbreviated to ‟Bob’s”, so there are two crimes in this sentence. Hence the parentheses in the post’s title.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=6067#6067]Here[/url] Conky wrote:Bobs not said hello yet? But if your out there, welcome Bob!
Uncle Tom’s extra apostrophe
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=6564#6564]Here[/url] uncle tom wrote:The wine has already performed it's little party trick
You can’t imagine how weird I think it is.
You think that’s weird? You can’t imagine how weird I think it is.
ADV's apostrophe crime
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=6574#6574]Here[/url] ADV wrote:its worth every penny.
Deputy Sheriff
With Julian suffering terribly from OCD when it comes to Apostrophe's,
(I'm told he revisits his Posts several times before he actually posts them!)
Imagine the fun when we finally catch him out???
It would be similat to finding the Holy Grail, Liverpool winning the Premiership, Derek staying awake at an Off-Line, Luc getting sick of Peanut Butter... well you get the gist.
I think the person who spots his first one should be allowed their choice in Port on their 'Author Box/Avatar' for a month.
Alan
(I'm told he revisits his Posts several times before he actually posts them!)
Imagine the fun when we finally catch him out???
It would be similat to finding the Holy Grail, Liverpool winning the Premiership, Derek staying awake at an Off-Line, Luc getting sick of Peanut Butter... well you get the gist.
I think the person who spots his first one should be allowed their choice in Port on their 'Author Box/Avatar' for a month.
Alan