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The abuse of the Apostrophe

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g0slp

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 9:16PM

and other punctuation horrors.

Following on from another thread, could I please recommend the following publication.

Eats shoots and leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. Author Lynne Truss.

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ade.h

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 9:25PM

I have a copy already; it's the pedant's bible!

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anskyber

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 9:30PM

That's true. Why did you not post it there then rather than fragment the debate?

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GANDALF <|:-)>

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 9:34PM

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g0slp

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 9:48PM

Nice one, GANDALF <|:-)> !

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spikeychris

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 10:08PM

hung up regarding Apostrophe's!

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SG Atlantis®

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 10:14PM

wotsit all matter?

:P

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jack

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 10:34PM

Apostrophe' The main reason for the use of this much maligned tool stems from when printers used lead type picked from fonts and there was a shortage of vowels- thus to spread the 'load' some were omitted.
Thus can't don't instead of can not and do not.
Now we are electronic and we make them to order so to speak the 'Apostrophe' should be redundant in this context.
After all it takes as long to type don't as do not, does it not?

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knockin on

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 11:12PM

do you not mean don't it?

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DrScott

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 11:23PM

doesn't it?

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knockin on

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Posted August 28, 2006 at 11:24PM

ain't doesn't it just more proper?

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