Apostrophe crimes

[djewesbury]

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[RAYC]

More than 55, less than 81.

Can't blame this one on the iphone...!

[jdaw1]

Because of the scandals, some dioceses will become bankrupt. So to have ‟bought up catholic” buildings from those dioceses might be a solid investment.

But the comment wasn’t obviously in context.

[Glenn E.]

Because of the scandals, some dioceses will become bankrupt. So to have ‟bought up catholic” buildings from those dioceses might be a solid investment.

But the comment wasn’t obviously in context.

My understanding is that it has always been possible for Catholics to purchase penance, sometimes under the table, sometimes above. So "bought up" Catholic makes perfect sense, especially when referring to one's (possibly misspent) youth.

[DRT]

Because of the scandals, some dioceses will become bankrupt. So to have ‟bought up catholic” buildings from those dioceses might be a solid investment.

But the comment wasn’t obviously in context.

My understanding is that it has always been possible for Catholics to purchase penance, sometimes under the table, sometimes above. So "bought up" Catholic makes perfect sense, especially when referring to one's (possibly misspent) youth.

I can confirm that Glenn is correct, but he is perhaps missing the subtle difference between "bought-up" and "bought up", which is presumably the basis of the charge?

[LGTrotter]

(bought up

This is the gift that keeps giving. We might need a new forum just for this.

Mr Saintsbury's favourite port was one that had been in cask for 8 years I think, the one he said that had exorcised it's devil and replaced it with an angel. Irrelavent I realise but it came to me just then. I'll have to go and find the book now.

I recently PM’d him asking about his first language. But if the sharks have bitten, then all in.

(you see now why I did not get into Julians question)

Is it weird to feel flattered at being the meat in this pedant sandwich?

[DRT]

could'nt

[DRT]

By the way Daniel I see you did not rise to the challenge of describing Roys bum.

Delicious.

[LGTrotter]

I'm not careful enough to be a smart arse. Or were you expressing a view about those buns when you say 'delicious'?

[DRT]

were you expressing a view about those buns when you say 'delicious'?

No. You have committed the crime for which this thread was created. It is merely a "delicious" example of such a crime.

[LGTrotter]

I'm sorry, I got it wrong. There; I said it. Can we move on now? Because I will be here, on the wrong end of this thread a lot. I blame a poor education system and my natural capacity to cheat on tests. Which I did and therefore did not learn all about spelling and punctuation and grammar.

And I can see a lot of people getting a lot of pleasure out of this. Who am I to deny them?

[DRT]

I plead guilty with no defence offered, apart from the weak mitigation stated below.

If Jdaw1 wishes to highlight my many apostrophie crimes that will appear here then I willl not be offendedn in any way.

As our last Prime Minister once said:

"Education, Education, Education, I wish we had thought of paying any attention to it in the state school system before now "

Out of interest, and to ensure Meaningless Drivel levels are maintained, I spent my first 3 school years being taught under a system known as ITA. This comprised a unique alphabet, based on our standard 26 letters, with the addition of extra characters to represent sounds such as oo, ee etc. So a key was a kee (with the two e's joined together). There were many other special characters and letter combinations, including backwards P's and upper case letters which were the same shape as our normal lower case cousins. As far as I remember there was almost no punctuation involved.

The outcome of this experiment is that almost all of the people subjected to this social experiment cannot spell or punctuate to this day. Can I just say now, Thanx too the Educasion Secreterie of the erly 197'0s, yoo maad speelchekin softwaer a nesescity

Der'ek

The existence of this thread and my desire not to appear in it have greatly improved my grammar and use of punctuation.

[DRT]

greyfriars bobby

[RAYC]

do I need to become English to retain my status as a UK citizen?

"UK citizen"? Not since 1983 surely...

[DRT]

do I need to become English to retain my status as a UK citizen?

"UK citizen"? Not since 1983 surely...

Should I have said British?

[jdaw1]

DRT’s remark was grammatical, and its meaning was obvious. It might not have been legally precise, but the unfamiliarity of the poloi with the law such as the special citizenship clauses for descendants of the Electress Sophia of Hanover keeps lawyers in Vintage Port. Surely a good thing?

[DRT]

Tuckers Luck

The link being added by me.

[LGTrotter]

That really made me laugh.

[DRT]

That really made me laugh.

No laughing in class.

[DRT]

Sorry 'bout work an all.

If it wasn't for the success of the first use I might not have punished the subsequent omission.

[jdaw1]

A poacher has become a fierce and unforgiving gamekeeper.

[LGTrotter]

Why is there no emoticon for something useful like dropping ones tousers?

[djewesbury]

Why is there no emoticon for something useful like dropping ones tousers?

Beautifully put.

[jdaw1]

Why is there no emoticon for something useful like dropping ones tousers?

Sketch a graphic and I will convert.

[DRT]

ones tousers?

Really?

[LGTrotter]

Why is there no emoticon for something useful like dropping ones tousers?

Sketch a graphic and I will convert.

Picture a half eaten raspberry crumble.

ones tousers?

Really?

I like to keep you happy and well fed.

[DRT]

Talk about Pat Butchers curtains!

[LGTrotter]

Comedy gold and a reasoned appeal for sanity; God responds;

Talk about Pat Butchers curtains!

[djewesbury]

I've got one of the odd volumes odd volumes.

Was this intended to have another apostrophe, I wonder? Or was it just an odd typo?

[djewesbury]

Hang on a minute isn't London Bridge in America somewhere, or at least it's double?

[jdaw1]

Hang on a minute isn't London Bridge in America somewhere, or at least it's double?

> Isn't London Bridge in America somewhere, or at least it is double?

That could make sense. There is a London Bridge in Arizona, and another, uglier, in London. So ‟it is double”. But I accept that the proposed meaning is rather awkward.

[djewesbury]

a Danish wine merchat

I understand that this is what the Danes call a Meerkat that has escaped from a zoo and become intoxicated...

[Alex Bridgeman]

a Danish wine merchat

I understand that this is what the Danes call a Meerkat that has escaped from a zoo and become intoxicated...

Hardly an apostrophe crime...ah, my apologies. It is. You are pointing out that I should have written "...a Danish wine mercha't..."

You are quite right and I stand corrected.

[DRT]

Is it something that shoes up equally in Tapatalk as on the web?

Don't throw glass in a stone house, or something similar.

[djewesbury]

Is it something that shoes up equally in Tapatalk as on the web?

Don't throw glass in a stone house, or something similar.

i am tooping this on a phoone. In secret. While reading subtitles. Cut me some slacj.

[DRT]

when a solicitor advises you to transfer all your assets out of your name, your careful

[djewesbury]

when a solicitor advises you to transfer all your assets out of your name, your careful

Read the rest of the sentence:

"Your careful : paranoid ratio alters"

[djewesbury]

when a solicitor advises you to transfer all your assets out of your name, your careful

Read the rest of the sentence:

"Your careful : paranoid ratio alters"

I think you should ask JDAW for some of his sackcloth..

[DRT]

when a solicitor advises you to transfer all your assets out of your name, your careful

Read the rest of the sentence:

"Your careful : paranoid ratio alters"

I think you should ask JDAW for some of his sackcloth..

I might agree with you if it were not for the spaces either side of the colon. What you wrote can be interpreted as two statements, not the expression of a ratio.

[djewesbury]

when a solicitor advises you to transfer all your assets out of your name, your careful

Read the rest of the sentence:

"Your careful : paranoid ratio alters"

I think you should ask JDAW for some of his sackcloth..

I might agree with you if it were not for the spaces either side of the colon. What you wrote can be interpreted as two statements, not the expression of a ratio.

Didnae use spaces in the original post so nuhhh

[LGTrotter]

when a solicitor advises you to transfer all your assets out of your name, your careful

Read the rest of the sentence:

"Your careful : paranoid ratio alters"

I think you should ask JDAW for some of his sackcloth..

I might agree with you if it were not for the spaces either side of the colon. What you wrote can be interpreted as two statements, not the expression of a ratio.

Didnae use spaces in the original post so nuhhh

I'm not quite sure who won the tallest dwarf competition here but well done, both of you.

[djewesbury]

when a solicitor advises you to transfer all your assets out of your name, your careful

Read the rest of the sentence:

"Your careful : paranoid ratio alters"

I think you should ask JDAW for some of his sackcloth..

I might agree with you if it were not for the spaces either side of the colon. What you wrote can be interpreted as two statements, not the expression of a ratio.

Didnae use spaces in the original post so nuhhh

I'm not quite sure who won the tallest dwarf competition here but well done, both of you.

:glare:

[jdaw1]

The rest is childs play.

Obviously ‟childs” is not possessive no apostrophe so must be an adjective. But it cannot refer to the plural of child, as that would be ‟children”. Was there a play, whether game or show, invented by a Mr or Mrs Childs? Maybe, but generally when a proper name is used as an adjective it retains its upper case first letter. So that isn’t it.

What a mystery.

[djewesbury]

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[jdaw1]

Worthy of a letter to a local newspaper. That isn’t an ordinary grocer’s apostrophe it is a literary event.

[djewesbury]

Worthy of a letter to a local newspaper. That isn’t an ordinary grocer’s apostrophe it is a literary event.

Agreed.

[jdaw1]

We must now wait for the sun to rise over the western United States, to cast their rays over the mountains and the ocean, and for a refreshed Glenn to type in his response

In this solar system there is but one sun: ‟its rays”, not ‟their rays”.

[djewesbury]

We must now wait for the sun to rise over the western United States, to cast their rays over the mountains and the ocean, and for a refreshed Glenn to type in his response

In this solar system there is but one sun: ‟its rays”, not ‟their rays”.

Pusillanimous. How long have you been sitting on that one? And what film did you go to see?
I was talking about the mythical, metaphorical, metaphysical rays of the western United States, obviously.

[jdaw1]

How long have you been sitting on that one?

Long enough to invite somebody else to post it (which would have been amusing), and be refused.

[djewesbury]

How long have you been sitting on that one?

Long enough to invite somebody else to post it (which would have been amusing), and be refused.

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