Apostrophe crimes

[DRT]

Carry on Fletcher.

Thank you Mr Baraclough.

[djewesbury]

Carry on Fletcher.

Thank you Mr Baraclough.

Sir, Barraclough has two Rs.

[DRT]

Carry on Fletcher.

Thank you Mr Baraclough.

Sir, Barraclough has two Rs.

I think you will find it has two rs.

[djewesbury]

I think you will find that they are both the 18th letter of the alphabet. It is common practice to write a letter in majuscule when referring to it as a noun.
(This is fun, isn't it.)

[DRT]

This is fun, isn't it.

I'm just killing time until the Moon comes up. Not sure what your excuse is.

[jdaw1]

I think you will find it has two rs.

Indeed, bringing us back on topic, it is not unusual to use an apostrophe for the plural of a lower-case letter: viz, two r’s.

[DRT]

I think you will find it has two rs.

Indeed, bringing us back on topic, it is not unusual to use an apostrophe for the plural of a lower-case letter: viz, two r’s.

Thank you for that helpful information. Does the same apply to upper case?

[jdaw1]

I think you will find it has two rs.

Indeed, bringing us back on topic, it is not unusual to use an apostrophe for the plural of a lower-case letter: viz, two r’s.

Thank you for that helpful information. Does the same apply to upper case?

I believe both, but it is less important: “Rs” can be clear; “rs” less so.

[jdaw1]

Do we have a team opinion about split infinitives?

UK CCPs have introduced rules to comprehensively allocate losses from their investment of participants’ cash collateral.

[djewesbury]

I refer the honourable admin to the opinion I posted hundreds of pages ago. There is no such thing as a split infinitive in English. The idea of the split infinitive was invented by a blinkered public school headmaster trying to extrapolate English grammar rules from a dead language in which the infinitive is a single word and therefore cannot be split. That doesn't mean I'm a relativist, descriptive, wishy-washy, political-correctness-gone-mad blouse-wearing skunk. It means I am English, not Roman.

[DRT]

Do we have a team opinion about split infinitives?

Wiki seems to suggest that objections to their use were invented in the 19th century and are now largely considered irrelevant nonsense. I agree.

[djewesbury]

Do we have a team opinion about split infinitives?

Wiki seems to suggest that objections to their use were invented in the 19th century and are now largely considered irrelevant nonsense. I agree.

*sigh*
See above.

[DRT]

Our posts crossed, and we were saying the same thing.

[djewesbury]

Our posts crossed, and we were saying the same thing.

Yes; one of us said it more elegantly, it's true. But the essential thrust was conveyed, and with admirable concision, in your missive.

[djewesbury]

Gould Campbell & Co is a shipping company, not a wine producer, so by definition all of their wine (not grapes) are bought in

[DRT]

Stop wasting the court's time.

[PhilW]

Do we have a team opinion about split infinitives?

UK CCPs have introduced rules to comprehensively allocate losses from their investment of participants’ cash collateral.

Am not sure that I rarely if ever use one, but they do not worry me.

[djewesbury]

Stop wasting the court's time.

Contempt of court. Sackcloth with extra sharp scratchy bits for you.

[PhilW]

According to Prime Minister Essid, 19 people were killed, although some of the country's involved have different totals:

[djewesbury]

Like when you take a bite out of a Cadbury Crème Egg.

I know what Alex's defence will be. "I did it on purpose.
Well the court is not interested in motive, only in evidence of infraction. Well, the evidence is there in his own words, and I bring to the court also this exhibit.
I am pressing for a guilty charge.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Like when you take a bite out of a Cadbury Crème Egg.

I know what Alex's defence will be. "I did it on purpose.
Well the court is not interested in motive, only in evidence of infraction. Well, the evidence is there in his own words, and I bring to the court also this exhibit.
I am pressing for a guilty charge.

What are you going on about? Are you sure you're feeling all right? Temperature? Hot flushes? Other symptoms of delusion or hysteria?

[djewesbury]

Crème Egg??

[Alex Bridgeman]

Crème Egg??

Do you not have your eggs crèmed for you by Cadbury?

More seriously, I appear to be guilty as charged. The iPhone decided to add the grave accent and I didn't spot the auto-correction.

[djewesbury]

Crème Egg??

Do you not have your eggs crèmed for you by Cadbury?

More seriously, I appear to be guilty as charged. The iPhone decided to add the grave accent and I didn't spot the auto-correction.

At last, a conviction. Now we can have lunch.

[Glenn E.]

Crème Egg??

Do you not have your eggs crèmed for you by Cadbury?

More seriously, I appear to be guilty as charged. The iPhone decided to add the grave accent and I didn't spot the auto-correction.

But... but... Siri knows all! Clearly, therefore, it must be Daniel who is wrong.

Shh, Daniel, or the ghost of Steve Jobs will make your iPhone stop working. You're clearly using it wrong.