Apostrophe Abuse/neglect

monster · 10-28-2009, 09:17 PM

my kids picked B too (except Thor -he's asleep)

ZenGum · 10-28-2009, 09:44 PM

The teachers confirm, no apostrophe is needed. Also, the M in mural should be lower case because it is in the middle of a hyphenated word, not at the beginning of a word.

Also my pronounciation of "adjective" is a bit odd, apparently.

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2) Where is that poster people always link to here about how to use an apostrophe, stupid.

Moi? I'm in Adelaide.

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my kids picked B too (except Thor -he's asleep)

...and so picked ZZzzzzzzz.

monster · 10-28-2009, 09:49 PM

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The teachers confirm, no apostrophe is needed. Also, the M in mural should be lower case because it is in the middle of a hyphenated word, not at the beginning of a word..

yeah, it should be -but that's definitely a "When In Rome" thing

ZenGum · 10-29-2009, 05:18 AM

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yeah, it should be -but that's definitely a "When In Rome" thing

When in Rome, teach the ignorant yokels to speak English properly.

Reg · 10-29-2009, 11:45 AM

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When in Rome, teach the ignorant yokels to speak English properly.

Speak loudly and slowly while pointing

Flint · 10-29-2009, 12:48 PM

I'm sure the teacher intended "Intra-Mural Sports' Teams" to mean "the teams of (or belonging to) the intra-mural sports entity."

That only makes sense if there is an "entity" to which the teams belong.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-09-2009, 03:07 AM

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Also my pronounciation of "adjective" is a bit odd, apparently.

You didn't stress the first syllable?

And yeah, B. Sports is an adjective modifying teams. None of the teams are in the possession of a genetic variant.

SamIam · 11-19-2009, 09:48 AM

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You didn't stress the first syllable?

And yeah, B. Sports is an adjective modifying teams. None of the teams are in the possession of a genetic variant.

Oh, come on! How about the Mutant Denver Bronco's from HELL?

10-29-2009, 08:13 PM

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my kids picked B too (except Thor -he's asleep)

It's a title referring to several school teams who play a sport against teams from other schools. The teams are the people doing the fundraising the poster is about, so this appears in the "name" section of the headings.

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