That’s always awkward. The corner could be used by one antidisestablishmentarianist (so ‟Antidisestablishmentarianist's”), but is intended for the use of many to discuss these things (‟Antidisestablishmentarianists'”, as you wrote, and with non-curly quotation mark for clarity). Either way would leave me slightly uncomfortable. Because it is for the individual use of antidisestablishmentarianists, rather than their collective use, I would have gone for ‟Antidisestablishmentarianist's”, but some authorial preference is allowed.KillerB wrote:Likewise I could call it Antidisestablishmentarianists' Corner.
Apostrophe crimes
Antidisestablishmentarianists' Corner
Jay P’s apostrophe crimes
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1076#1076]Here[/url] Jay P wrote:Marketing at it's best.
antidisestablishmentarianist
Oh, I forgot to say. I am an antidisestablishmentarianist. Into which corner should I go?
Re: Antidisestablishmentarianists' Corner
After that Post, could I suggest the corner just beyond the reaches of the Human Ear!jdaw1 wrote:That’s always awkward. The corner could be used by one antidisestablishmentarianist (so ‟Antidisestablishmentarianist's”), but is intended for the use of many to discuss these things (‟Antidisestablishmentarianists'”, as you wrote, and with non-curly quotation mark for clarity). Either way would leave me slightly uncomfortable. Because it is for the individual use of antidisestablishmentarianists, rather than their collective use, I would have gone for ‟Antidisestablishmentarianist's”, but some authorial preference is allowed.KillerB wrote:Likewise I could call it Antidisestablishmentarianists' Corner.
Alan
Conky’s apostrophe crime
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1472#1472]Here[/url] Conky wrote:Could be genetic, as in, in your familys jeans.!
Derek T.’s “who's”
The punishment should be harsher for not knowing that an ellipsis contains exactly three dots.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1434#1434]Here[/url] Derek T. wrote:....and I have a rule that says "never hit on a girl who's husband is on the same forum"
Re: Derek T.’s “who's”
People who are epileptic have more than 3 dots . ( I should know , as I am a member of this fraternity . )jdaw1 wrote:The punishment should be harsher for not knowing that an ellipsis contains exactly three dots.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1434#1434]Here[/url] Derek T. wrote:....and I have a rule that says "never hit on a girl who's husband is on the same forum"
Re: Derek T.’s “who's”
Well, not literally. Try Alt-0133 on a PC, or option-semicolon on a Mac to get “…”.Luc wrote:People who are epileptic have more than 3 dots
Metaphorically, well, anything could happen.
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A difficult case. ‟Will to live” needs to be joined together, which can be done with hyphens. But then this compound thing needs to be joined with ‟sapping”. Possibilities includeAHB wrote:this "will-to-live" sapping thread
- will-to-live-sapping (which fails to capture the two-level hierarchy);
- will-to-live sapping (failing to do the outer join);
- ‘will to live’-sapping (my preference).
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PS: why not leave me to talk to myself in this thread. Anything else would only be worse.
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m-dash (‟”””) not a hyphen (‟-”)
Even I’m willing to acknowledge that this is a pedantic complaint (in other words, do consider the merits of not reading further), but that really should be an m-dash (‟ ”) not a hyphen (‟-”). Normally I wouldn’t say anything, but as we’re going to be seeing many copies of that signature, maybe one small hint will be allowed.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1588#1588]Here[/url], and elsewhere, AHB in his signature wrote:Vintage Port - the only wine worth the wait
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Julian,
If you can tell me how to get an m-dash on my keyboard then I will gladly change it. I had hoped that the forum software would be as intelligent as word and make the adjustment for me but, sadly, it didn't.
Educate me and I will change...
Alex
If you can tell me how to get an m-dash on my keyboard then I will gladly change it. I had hoped that the forum software would be as intelligent as word and make the adjustment for me but, sadly, it didn't.
Educate me and I will change...
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
M-dash
PC? Hold down Alt, and type 0151 on the numeric keypad. (If that doesn’t cope, change the NumLock setting.)
Mac? Good man: Shift-Option-hyphen.
Neither: copy-paste mine from above.
While you are at it, a pedant’s ellipsis is one character (“…” not ‟...”), being Alt-0133 or Option-;.
Mac? Good man: Shift-Option-hyphen.
Neither: copy-paste mine from above.
While you are at it, a pedant’s ellipsis is one character (“…” not ‟...”), being Alt-0133 or Option-;.
at least 2 apostrophe traps
There are people whose wisdom I value, and to whose words I pay close attention. This is a strict subset of all humanity.Derek T. wrote:I have laid at least 2 apostrophe traps in the past 48 hours and you haven't picked them up - you seem to be losing your touch
Derek
But, to be fair, at least you admit to not knowing how many errors you have made.Derek T. wrote:at least 2 apostrophe traps
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Re: M-dash
I've changed my signature in my profile to the new m-dash and, low and behold, all signatures have been updated. Hurrah!jdaw1 wrote:PC? Hold down Alt, and type 0151 on the numeric keypad. (If that doesn’t cope, change the NumLock setting.)
Mac? Good man: Shift-Option-hyphen.
Neither: copy-paste mine from above.
While you are at it, a pedant’s ellipsis is one character (“…” not “...”), being Alt-0133 or Option-;.
I must admit, I do find this thread one of the most amusing to follow, frequently generating a quickly stifled snort of laughter.
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
non-obvious characters
Alex asked me for a list of non-obvious characters available from most computers, which should include: ┚¬