Apostrophe crimes

[DRT]

I dont have nearly enough 1815s

I just spent far too long puzzling over why jdaw1 would prefer ‟1815’s” to ‟1815s”...

I just did the same thing!

Does all this mean that I missed 2 apostrophe's or just one?

[Alex Bridgeman]

At least one (don't) with the 1815's apostrophe being optional and dependant on the convention you would like to follow (as in, wines of 1815 or the bottles with 1815 written on them).

[DRT]

At least one (don't) with the 1815's apostrophe being optional and dependant on the convention you would like to follow (as in, wines of 1815 or the bottles with 1815 written on them).

JDAW: do you want to explain the rules about not reacting to intentionally laid traps or should I?

[Alex Bridgeman]

At least one (don't) with the 1815's apostrophe being optional and dependant on the convention you would like to follow (as in, wines of 1815 or the bottles with 1815 written on them).

JDAW: do you want to explain the rules about not reacting to intentionally laid traps or should I?

But I didn't react to the intentionally laid trap, did I? I just answered the question and ignored the trap - didn't I?

[DRT]

At least one (don't) with the 1815's apostrophe being optional and dependant on the convention you would like to follow (as in, wines of 1815 or the bottles with 1815 written on them).

JDAW: do you want to explain the rules about not reacting to intentionally laid traps or should I?

But I didn't react to the intentionally laid trap, did I? I just answered the question and ignored the trap - didn't I?

My post should have been ignored completely. Thats the law.

[jdaw1]

Today I was reprimanded for poor punctuation use, in German, by Somebody fluent in that language. Everybody gets a free indulgence on me.

[jdaw1]

Tuke Holdsworth is an old and well established Port's brand.

[jdaw1]

it toppled over and broke its neck

Derek

Note: Possible apostrophe crime "its". I never can remember that one.

Not quite an apostrophe crime merely a general failure to know that no crime had been committed.

Reminder:

• it’s = it is;
• its = possessive.

[Glenn E.]

Just remember: it's backwards.

[JacobH]

Just remember: it's backwards.

I've spent the last few days trying to work out a good way of solving this as if it were a cryptic crossword clue. If only the word "remember" could be something else!

[jdaw1]

now thats a new one

Andy V omits an apostrophe that’s not a new one.

[Andy Velebil]

Darn, and I was doing so good staying out of crime

[jdaw1]

So, who's going to do the database of Colheita's?

[Alex Bridgeman]

With the reducing frequency of posts on this thread by JDAW, either we're getting better or he has less spare time on his hands.

I wonder which it is?

[jdaw1]

You’re getting better. Even DRT!

[DRT]

You’re getting better. Even DRT!

Thats because I'm trying really hard.

[jdaw1]

The drink's of a gentleman!

The sentiment, expressed of ale and bitter and port, is admirable, but the punctuation less so.

[JacobH]

The drink's of a gentleman!

The sentiment, expressed of ale and bitter and port, is admirable, but the punctuation less so.

Whilst it may not make much sense, the grammar is not necessarily incorrect, as it could deabbreviate into: ‟the drink is of a gentlemen”.

[jdaw1]

Tom how many actual 2007 cask samples have you had.

This is a mistake that I make too often. Not an apostrophe crime Andy V is a policeman but, as a punctuation crime, near enough to be posted here. I’m so accustomed to ending sentences in a full stop (translation: period), that I do so even for questions. I have sympathy with this error, but not so much that I didn’t post.

Attentive readers might catch me. Those who do should post here and feel smug.

[DRT]

Attentive readers might catch me. Those who do should post here and feel smug.

There are 5 hours left until dawn. I will search "jdaw1"+"." now and report back later.

[jdaw1]

But would Derek recognise a question-mark error? Maybe we shall know by dawn.

[DRT]

But would Derek recognise a question-mark error? Maybe we shall know by dawn.

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Ok - I'll give up and go to bed.

[Andy Velebil]

Can I go back and add a "?" instead

[Roy Hersh]

Speaking of Andy, it used to be like nails on a chalkboard everytime I'd say him write, "yeap" as I had only known of the spelling for this slang of "yes" ... as "yep" but never wanted to correct him. Then one day, with nothing better to do, I went on to Google and plugged in Yeap and found this:

From - The Urban Dictionary: yeap - 3 definitions - yea + yup = yeap

So, I never take the officer to task.

[jdaw1]

So, I never take the officer to task.

In general, absolutely correct not to challenge the officer. ‟Yes officer!”

But if the officer is asking a question, and you don’t answer it, you won’t like the consequences. And if he isn’t asking a question, and, impertinently, you do answer it, things won’t be much better. So the officer’s question marks are particularly important.

[Andy Velebil]

In general, absolutely correct not to challenge the officer. ‟Yes officer!”

Yeah, and don't you two forget that

[Glenn E.]

Andy speaks the truth!

In the US, at least, anything you say to a police officer can be used against you in court. The reverse, unfortunately, is not true - NOTHING that you say to the police officer can be used to HELP you.

So answer the officer's relevant* questions politely, but say nothing else.

* "Do you know how fast you were driving?" is not relevant at the time of the traffic stop. It's a trap. Simply look at the officer and blink innocently like you didn't understand the question.

[jdaw1]

* "Do you know how fast you were driving?" is not relevant at the time of the traffic stop. It's a trap. Simply look at the officer and blink innocently like you didn't understand the question.

‟Officer, I am sure that I was driving in a manner that was safe and courteous to other road users.”

Lying to an officer rarely makes friends. Saying something allows the officer to hear an English accent might be worth a go.

[g-man]

Andy speaks the truth!

In the US, at least, anything you say to a police officer can be used against you in court. The reverse, unfortunately, is not true - NOTHING that you say to the police officer can be used to HELP you.

So answer the officer's relevant* questions politely, but say nothing else.

* "Do you know how fast you were driving?" is not relevant at the time of the traffic stop. It's a trap. Simply look at the officer and blink innocently like you didn't understand the question.

I always say "Why was I pulled over? I thought I was going the speed limit"

[Glenn E.]

I always say "Why was I pulled over? I thought I was going the speed limit"

In one local municipality here in Washington that could get you slapped with "Inattention to Driving" which carries a $250 fine. What? You admitted that you didn't know you were speeding, ergo you weren't paying attention.

Seriously. Anything you say can be used against you if presented (im)properly. So don't say anything that you aren't required to say. In fact, one traffic attorney out here has the following printed on the back of her business cards for her clients to have handy just in case:

To Law Enforcement:
1. I have provided you with my driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance;
2. I will not be answering any questions or making any statements;
3. I will not be volunteering to perform field sobriety tests, or blowing in a PBT; but I will blow in a BAC machine at the station if you have probable cause to arrest me.
4. If I am not under arrest, I wish to leave, otherwise I wish to speak to my lawyer immediately.

[jdaw1]

Not an apostrophe crime, but to avoid hijacking Roy’s hijack, posted here.

Tom also wrote:

It's easy to presume that Sogrape are just too greedy, and would rather forego the business than compete with the Symingtons and TFP; but given that they sell a lot of Ruby to France, which is the most meagre market from a profit standpoint, that doesn't stack up..

Sogrape are (... is ... calling JDW for judgement ) too greedy you say?

Guessing that ‟JDW” is JDAW is me, I think either is acceptable. Sogrape itself, a singular entity; or the management of Sogrape, being a plurality of people.

[Roy Hersh]

Sogrape are too greedy ... just sounds wrong. I like "is" better in that sentence. YMMV.

Thank you for your esteemed opinion Mr. Wiseman!

[jdaw1]

Whats the next accent you've got line up?

I was thinking that it’s almost time for a G-breve: Äž, the lowercase version of which is found in the name of the Turkish prime minister. (And that’s ignoring Andy’s wrong tense.)

[KillerB]

Sogrape is an entity, the management is an entity, 'Sogrape is too greedy' is correct (from a grammatical point of view, I have no idea about the reality).

This can be confirmed by considering a group structure, I go back a long way so I will take The Skids. If you say 'The Skids are Scottish', this is acceptable because the plural implies that each member is an individual 'Skid', but 'The Skids is a Scottish band' is also acceptable because we are dealing with an entity of the band. 'Ultravox is an electronic band' is correct as we are dealing with an entity whilst 'Ultravox are electronic' is just wrong, in so many ways.

The link, for those that are interested, is that Midge Ure is also Scottish and produced a Skids track. I know you don't care but humour me.

[Andy Velebil]

Whats the next accent you've got line up?

I was thinking that it’s almost time for a G-breve: Äž, the lowercase version of which is found in the name of the Turkish prime minister. (And that’s ignoring Andy’s wrong tense.)

That's what happens when I post sober...must have more Port before typing

[Alex Bridgeman]

I was thinking that it’s almost time for a G-breve: Äž...

Does this mean that you will start up a new thread called "Äž - G-breve crimes"? I don't anticipate that it will grow very quickly.

[jdaw1]

It might grow with a discussion about how quickly it will grow.

Hence my use of this thread for general pedantic errors of a grammatical or typographic nature, especially apostrophe crimes.

[jdaw1]

Annoyance. The US Immigration people, currently in possession of things relating to my Green Card, have written requesting further ‟evidence of a good faith marriage”. Is that really what they want? Proof that we are raising our children in a religious manner, and that our marriage is in other ways ‟good”? Church every Sunday, prayers every night. No hard liquor. How strange. One might have expected, in a less ecclesiastical country, ‟evidence of a good-faith marriage”. Which would be completely different.

I have not drawn the attention of the INS to this error.

[benread]

Would two children be sufficent evidence?! Do they require you to send them the evidence or just evidence of it?!

[Alex Bridgeman]

I have not drawn the attention of the INS to this error.

One could suggest that this, in itself, is an act of good-faith

[jdaw1]

an act of good-faith

Well, it might have been an act of good faith (or a good-faith act), but it wasn’t. Rather, it suggests that I fear vindictiveness.

[JacobH]

Annoyance. The US Immigration people, currently in possession of things relating to my Green Card, have written requesting further ‟evidence of a good faith marriage”. Is that really what they want? Proof that we are raising our children in a religious manner, and that our marriage is in other ways ‟good”? Church every Sunday, prayers every night. No hard liquor. How strange. One might have expected, in a less ecclesiastical country, ‟evidence of a good-faith marriage”. Which would be completely different.

I have not drawn the attention of the INS to this error.

Perhaps it is a symptom of an overly-literal translation of the phrase bona fide?

[jdaw1]

There are Wisemans in many towns - not particularly that one. So no.

I haven’t yet mastered typing an em-dash (‟ ”) on an iPhone.

[KillerB]

There are Wisemans in many towns - not particularly that one. So no.

I haven’t yet mastered typing an em-dash (‟ ”) on an iPhone.

You must be desolated.

[jdaw1]

OK - AHBs guess is too far in the past.

[jdaw1]

The Malvedos blog is wonderful! I've posted many times about it on . The Symington's, Miles Edlmann, Henry Shotton, and the rest of the Symington staff are doing a great job of updating it several times a day. Talk about get current up to date information from the front lines.

Many kudo's go to the Symington's for keeping it focused for us uber Port geeks to enjoy

There are at least three apostrophe crimes in this even allowing for the etymologically dodgy new-fangled singular ‟kudo”.

[Andy Velebil]

Someone has to keep you on your toes

[jdaw1]

However, the 1970 was quite simply "not ready" and showed much younger in comparison to it's not much older siblings.

[JacobH]

Although not an apostrophe crime, I feel disappointed that jdaw1 hasn't picked up on the three references to "daylight savings time" in this thread.

[KillerB]

Although not an apostrophe crime, I feel disappointed that jdaw1 hasn't picked up on the three references to "daylight savings time" in this thread.

Not an apostrophe crime and not grammatically incorrect as savings can be made. Where you are going to put your daylight savings and whether they will accrue interest is another matter.