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Does all this mean that I missed 2 apostrophe's or just one?AHB wrote:I just did the same thing!JacobH wrote:I just spent far too long puzzling over why jdaw1 would prefer ‟1815’s” to ‟1815s”...jdaw1 wrote:[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=22499#p22499]Here[/url] DRT wrote:I dont have nearly enough 1815s
JDAW: do you want to explain the rules about not reacting to intentionally laid traps or should I?AHB wrote: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).
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 wrote:JDAW: do you want to explain the rules about not reacting to intentionally laid traps or should I?AHB wrote: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).
My post should have been ignored completely. Thats the law.AHB wrote: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 wrote:JDAW: do you want to explain the rules about not reacting to intentionally laid traps or should I?AHB wrote: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).
The back label of a bottle of 1992 Tuke Holdsworth LBV wrote:Tuke Holdsworth is an old and well established Port's brand.
Not quite an apostrophe crime merely a general failure to know that no crime had been committed.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=22962#p22962]Here[/url] DRT wrote:it toppled over and broke its neck
Derek
Note: Possible apostrophe crime "its". I never can remember that one.
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!Glenn E. wrote:Just remember: it's backwards.
Andy V omits an apostrophe that’s not a new one.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=23169#p23169]Here[/url] Andy V wrote:now thats a new one
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=23677#p23677]Here[/url] DRT wrote:So, who's going to do the database of Colheita's?
Thats because I'm trying really hard.jdaw1 wrote:You’re getting better. Even DRT!
The sentiment, expressed of ale and bitter and port, is admirable, but the punctuation less so.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=23994#p23994]Here[/url] benread wrote:The drink's of a gentleman!
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 wrote:The sentiment, expressed of ale and bitter and port, is admirable, but the punctuation less so.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=23994#p23994]Here[/url] benread wrote:The drink's of a gentleman!
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.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=24614#p24614]Here[/url] Andy V wrote:Tom how many actual 2007 cask samples have you had.
There are 5 hours left until dawn. I will search "jdaw1"+"." now and report back later.jdaw1 wrote:Attentive readers might catch me. Those who do should post here and feel smug.
.jdaw1 wrote:But would Derek recognise a question-mark error? Maybe we shall know by dawn.
In general, absolutely correct not to challenge the officer. ‟Yes officer!”Roy Hersh wrote:So, I never take the officer to task.
Yeah, and don't you two forget thatIn general, absolutely correct not to challenge the officer. ‟Yes officer!”
‟Officer, I am sure that I was driving in a manner that was safe and courteous to other road users.”Glenn E. wrote:* "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. wrote: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.
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.g-man wrote:I always say "Why was I pulled over? I thought I was going the speed limit"
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.[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=25011#p25011]Here[/url] Roy Hersh wrote:Tom also wrote:Sogrape are (... is ... calling JDW for judgementIt'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..
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.)[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=25323#p25323]Here[/url] Andy V wrote:Whats the next accent you've got line up?
That's what happens when I post sober...must have more Port before typingjdaw1 wrote: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.)[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=25323#p25323]Here[/url] Andy V wrote:Whats the next accent you've got line up?
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 wrote:I was thinking that it’s almost time for a G-breve: Äž...
One could suggest that this, in itself, is an act of good-faithjdaw1 wrote:I have not drawn the attention of the INS to this error.
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.AHB wrote:an act of good-faith
Perhaps it is a symptom of an overly-literal translation of the phrase bona fide?jdaw1 wrote: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.
I haven’t yet mastered typing an em-dash (‟ ”) on an iPhone.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=28334#p28334]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:There are Wisemans in many towns - not particularly that one. So no.
You must be desolated.jdaw1 wrote:I haven’t yet mastered typing an em-dash (‟ ”) on an iPhone.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=28334#p28334]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:There are Wisemans in many towns - not particularly that one. So no.
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=28727#p28727]Here[/url] DRT wrote:OK - AHBs guess is too far in the past.
There are at least three apostrophe crimes in this even allowing for the etymologically dodgy new-fangled singular ‟kudo”.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=29562#p29562]Here[/url] Andy V wrote: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
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=30057#p30057]Here[/url] DRT wrote:However, the 1970 was quite simply "not ready" and showed much younger in comparison to it's not much older siblings.
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.JacobH wrote: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.
