you should really concentrate on your apostrophes.

an apostrophe indicates a missing letter. This is often the I in 'is' but it can also be the E in the Old English genitive case.

For example, 'the brother of John' used to be 'Johnes brother'. We can abbreviate this to John's brother.

Basically we use an apostrophe + s to indicate the missing word 'is' or to indicate a possession. NEVER use it to indicate a plural (e.g. 'apostrophe's)

Posted By: Dave in France on August 10th 2006 at 11:25:13

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I know the grammar and punctuation police are out there today so.... (General Chat) - Bonjour, Aug 10, 10:51:17
- you should really concentrate on your apostrophes. (General Chat) - Dave in France, Aug 10, 11:25:13
- From my little book of grammar (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 10, 11:02:13
  - I thought subordinate clauses were the elves that helped Santa at Christmas? (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Aug 10, 11:04:38
  - geek (n/m) (General Chat) - Sperminator, Aug 10, 11:03:25
- just dont bother.... (General Chat) - Sperminator, Aug 10, 10:54:58
  - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Duck and Chips, Aug 10, 11:20:19
- Imagine you are reading it out loud (General Chat) - Duck, Aug 10, 10:53:20
  - That's a hard and fast rule (General Chat) - The Pedant, Aug 10, 10:54:10
  - What if, you've, been, running, and, are, com, pletely, fuck, ing, knackere'd? (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Aug 10, 10:53:49
    - still works, because it comunicates your outofbreathness (General Chat) - Dave in France, Aug 10, 11:26:56
      - Agreed. Period. (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Aug 10, 11:28:03
    - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Duck, Aug 10, 10:55:29
- Irony? (General Chat) - The Pedant, Aug 10, 10:51:56
- It's basically the same as an apostrophe, only lower. (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Aug 10, 10:51:48

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