Apostrophe crimes

[JacobH]

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.

Fair point. Where you do put yours?

[KillerB]

The supermarket was Sainsbury, but only the one in Camberley as far as I could tell, and it was about 3-4 years ago - just after Christmas in their wine clearance sale. I also picked up a half bottle of Y'quem '01 for £50 from the same supermarket.

Taken from here.

The crime is that AHB is talking about one of the great wines of the World - Chateau d'Yquem. Oh the shame.

[jdaw1]

The Bell, Wenden's Ambo, CB11 4JY

[jdaw1]

In a city renowned for it's heritage, the Parliament House Hotel has it's own extensive history.

[jdaw1]

Articles of Association.

This gives details of the company’s internal management affairs, the running of the company and it’s liability..

[jdaw1]

Very impressive and still years from it's peak. 94/199.

Cool scoring system.

[Glenn E.]

jdaw1 is not alone.

Bob the Angry Flower

[Alex Bridgeman]

Very impressive and still years from it's peak. 94/199.

Cool scoring system.

A moderately irritating feature of the iPhone's otherwise excellent spell check on entry capabilities is that it insists on adding an apostrophe between it and s regardless of the context. I can only apologise for having missed this one (and for the fat fingers hitting the 9 instead of the 0).

[jdaw1]

otherwise it's main value would be as an unusual curiosity

Presumably an iPhone problem the post was signed ‟Alwx”.

[jdaw1]

(Mod's, may be best to split this into it's own topic)

[jdaw1]

Tawny's work the best for this

also done it with younger VP's as well

old VP's though.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Some advice and guidance is required to avoid a potential apostrophe crime. How should "shall not" be contracted?

[jdaw1]

1. Why contract? Is there a good reason? If not, don’t.
2. Anyway, shan’t (ignore Wikipedia’s vocabulary error), as in I shan’t be drinking 1975s.

[Alex Bridgeman]

1. Why contract? Is there a good reason? If not, don’t.
2. Anyway, shan’t (ignore Wikipedia’s vocabulary error), as in I shan’t be drinking 1975s.

1) Reporting speech, the word used was the contraction of shall not.
2) The question arose as PG Wodehouse uses sha'n't - and I can see why; but I presume from your reply that sha'n't is now considered archaic.

[jdaw1]

Of the very old colheita's and tawny's I've had

[DRT]

Of the very old colheita's and tawny's I've had

I thought there was a rule that members who's first language isn't English would not be prosecuted for apostrophe crimes?

[jdaw1]

I thought there was a rule that members who's first language isn't English

[Andy Velebil]

I thought there was a rule that members who's first language isn't English would not be prosecuted for apostrophe crimes?

What he said I think

[jdaw1]

Graham's recently claimed to have Colheita's as far back as the mid to late 1800s

[DRT]

Graham's recently claimed to have Colheita's as far back as the mid to late 1800s

[Andy Velebil]

Can we include grammer issues here too?

by jdaw1
Roy, you have form for wanting to look and smell at the just the time that busy folk are fetching and carrying and putting out and generally busy being busy.

[jdaw1]

grammer

And spelling?

Please, what was my error in the above?

[Andy Velebil]

at the just the time

And i've never said my spelling was very good

[jdaw1]

I failed to see the duplicated ‘the’. Ooops. I think that’s typing rather than grammar, but an error nonetheless.

[JacobH]

Graham's recently claimed to have Colheita's as far back as the mid to late 1800s

To quote, verbatim, DRT: I thought there was a rule that members who's first language isn't English would not be prosecuted for apostrophe crimes?

[jdaw1]

Graham's recently claimed to have Colheita's as far back as the mid to late 1800s

To quote, verbatim, DRT: I thought there was a rule that members who's first language isn't English would not be prosecuted for apostrophe crimes?

Derek might be claiming a first language of Scots.

[DRT]

Graham's recently claimed to have Colheita's as far back as the mid to late 1800s

To quote, verbatim, DRT: I thought there was a rule that members who's first language isn't English would not be prosecuted for apostrophe crimes?

Derek might be claiming a first language of Scots.

I hereby claim diplomatic immunity from prosecution on the grounds of my non-English heritage.

[benread]

Graham's recently claimed to have Colheita's as far back as the mid to late 1800s

To quote, verbatim, DRT: I thought there was a rule that members who's first language isn't English would not be prosecuted for apostrophe crimes?

Derek might be claiming a first language of Scots.

I hereby claim diplomatic immunity from prosecution on the grounds of my non-English heritage.

There were days gone by when such non-English heritage was grounds for prosecution, or indeed persecution!

[jdaw1]

Some might be interested in this article on the Tweet Police. No, not me.

[jdaw1]

I will be leaving my other bottle for Ross to drink on it's 100th birthday

However, Derek is forgiven for two reasons, which are, in order of increasing importance:

1. It was on 30th June 2007.

2. Ok- stop going on about it - we'll have it sometime soon

[jdaw1]

My Niepoort 1942 had Woolfgangs sticker on it but I do not recall this having any adverse effect on the contents of my glass

[Deleted_User_1]

My Niepoort 1942 had Woolfgangs sticker on it but I do not recall this having any adverse effect on the contents of my glass

Would your cool have survived Wolfgang drinking your Ni42? (You’ll be pleased to know that your post made it to Apostrophe crimes.)

I am struggling to see what is wrong with this post and request an appeal.

This appeal moved to AC thread by jdaw1.

[DRT]

My Niepoort 1942 had Woolfgangs sticker on it

I am struggling to see what is wrong with this post and request an appeal.

So you had a sticker with multiple Wolfgangs on it rather than a sticker that belonged to Wolfgang on your glass?

Appeal rejected.

[Deleted_User_1]

My Niepoort 1942 had Woolfgangs sticker on it

I am struggling to see what is wrong with this post and request an appeal.

So you had a sticker with multiple Wolfgangs on it rather than a sticker that belonged to Wolfgang on your glass?

Appeal rejected.

May I now change my plea to 'guilty' and ask for clemency for a first offence?

[jdaw1]

• Then the Snark pronounced sentence, the Judge being quite
  Too nervous to utter a word:
  When it rose to its feet, there was silence like night,
  And the fall of a pin might be heard.
  
  ‟Transportation for life” was the sentence it gave,
  ‟And then to be fined forty pound.”
  The Jury all cheered, though the Judge said he feared
  That the phrase was not legally sound.

[jdaw1]

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has fired two top space officials and reprimanded it's space agency chief.

Edit: I (and perhaps many others) contacted the BBC, including a link to this thread, and something has happened:

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has fired two top space officials and reprimanded the space agency chief.

[Glenn E.]

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has fired two top space officials and reprimanded it's space agency chief.

Edit: I (and perhaps many others) contacted the BBC, including a link to this thread, and something has happened:

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has fired two top space officials and reprimanded the space agency chief.

Because deleting the offending apostrophe would have been too difficult?

[jdaw1]

I prefer the definite article. There was a light ambiguity about whether the chief belonged to the President, to Russia, or, more plausibly, to Putin.

[Glenn E.]

I prefer the definite article. There was a light ambiguity about whether the chief belonged to the President, to Russia, or, more plausibly, to Putin.

Ah yes, now that you have mentioned it I can see that. However there is now a slight abiguity as to which space agency's chief has been fired. Russia's? Or since this was a BBC article, perhaps Great Britain's?

[jdaw1]

However there is now a slight abiguity as to which space agency's chief has been fired. Russia's? Or since this was a BBC article, perhaps Great Britain's?

No. No ‟abiguity” at all.

[Glenn E.]

However there is now a slight abiguity as to which space agency's chief has been fired. Russia's? Or since this was a BBC article, perhaps Great Britain's?

No. No ‟abiguity” at all.

Arrgh. My keyboard is failing, forcing me to type very carefully and edit everything I type. Poorly, in this case.

[jdaw1]

Those commenting in this thread, more than any other, should do so carefully.

[jdaw1]

My main gripes about any wine producers websites

[jdaw1]

Unfortunately Shaun (SAW) will not be able to attend as he forgot that the 26th was his wifes' birthday...good job he remembered at all I say

[JacobH]

You are assuming that this is an apostrophe crime rather than a misspelling crime...

[jdaw1]

• Apostrophe Crime; or
• Mis-spelling, and failure to pluralise, and the unwise coincidence of their birthdays being the same.

Which is more likely?

[JacobH]

Mis-spelling, and failure to pluralise, and the unwise coincidence of their birthdays being the same.

I do not see the failure to pluralise. I would say ‟A and B’s birthday is tomorrow; they are twins” not ‟A and B’s birthdays are tomorrow...”. And, as is well known, the coincidence of two or people sharing the same birthday is more regular than is often expected. I concede the wisdom point, though.

[jdaw1]

Not sure I agree: ‟His wives’ birthdays”, or ‟His wives’ birthday”. Methinks the former more natural: they have one each. I suspect that ‟His wives’ homes” has a different meaning to ‟His wives’ home”, the latter being cheaper and more friendly.

With ‘only’ two wives, the probability that they share a birthday = 649÷237169 ≈ 1 in 365.44. With 23 wives the probability reaches about 1 in 2. The apostrophe crime is more likely.

[jdaw1]

Not an apostrophe crime, but nonetheless, from the logo of Bennetts Fine Wines.

[DRT]

If not an apostrophe crime why is it here?

{stands back and waits to be made to look an idiot}