Comments on: Save the Apostrophe! http://www.writersbureau.com/blog/save-the-apostrophe/2009/08/ Home study courses that help you get published Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:27:09 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nigel graves http://www.writersbureau.com/blog/save-the-apostrophe/2009/08/comment-page-1/#comment-12 nigel graves Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.writersbureau.com/blog/?p=71#comment-12 doe's it really matter'?' how grammar is used in this modern day and age of texts and twitters......i mean as long as the message is understood and in context, then ignoring tradition or purist pragmatism is coool, spelling miss takes can-be fun too! doe’s it really matter’?’ how grammar is used in this modern day and age of texts and twitters……i mean as long as the message is understood and in context, then ignoring tradition or purist pragmatism is coool, spelling miss takes can-be fun too!

]]> By: Terry http://www.writersbureau.com/blog/save-the-apostrophe/2009/08/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Terry Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:41:56 +0000 http://www.writersbureau.com/blog/?p=71#comment-10 Have you considered the lack of apostrophes on the Writers (sic) Bureau website? Shouldn't it be Writer's Bureau if you are aiming to help each solitary would-be scribe, or perhaps Writers' Bureau if considering students en-masse? :-) Have you considered the lack of apostrophes on the Writers (sic) Bureau website? Shouldn’t it be Writer’s Bureau if you are aiming to help each solitary would-be scribe, or perhaps Writers’ Bureau if considering students en-masse? :-)

]]> By: Gary T http://www.writersbureau.com/blog/save-the-apostrophe/2009/08/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Gary T Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:35:41 +0000 http://www.writersbureau.com/blog/?p=71#comment-8 Eats, Shoots and Leaves has a section with the apostrophe as its subject and it's really rather funny. I must admit to having the odd hick-up with names ending in the letter s, but I got over it and, though I can't imagine how getting rid of it would be in any way useful, I don't feel so strongly that I would join a society to save it. It is interesting that such a small thing can be so emotive. Eats, Shoots and Leaves has a section with the apostrophe as its subject and it’s really rather funny. I must admit to having the odd hick-up with names ending in the letter s, but I got over it and, though I can’t imagine how getting rid of it would be in any way useful, I don’t feel so strongly that I would join a society to save it.

It is interesting that such a small thing can be so emotive.

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