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#1

Today's English Lesson

Apostrophes are for possessives, not plurals.

Examples:

Today's English Lesson - meaning the English lesson of today. Possessive. Apostrophe.

Examples - meaning more than one example. No apostrophe.
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#3

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I love learning new thing's... oh wait... things! re: Today's English Lesson
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#5

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I think it should be Raths job to post thread's like this more often.

Thread's like this really get point's across, and I think it should be Raths official duty.



Love you Rathy, and love your thread's!


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#6

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Love you too, you freak.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#7

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shouldn't that be "Rath's" or is there more than one of her?
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#8

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Read it again, dear.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#9

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But what about apostrophic contractions?

You can't leave those out. It's terrible! I wouldn't've.

And Irish names--like O'Reilley...and O'Shea...and O'Clock!
#10

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My sister had apostrophic contractions while delivering her second son. She almost tore off her husbands arm.

Updated On: 6/6/06 at 10:01 AM

#11

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Ouch.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#12

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Bwaysinger won't let me add this to his thread because he's a bitch. He suggested I bump it.

*bump*
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#13

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While you're at it, would you please address the rampant practice of ending sentences with prepositions?
#14

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I'd be happy to.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

Updated On: 6/6/06 at 05:13 PM

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I don't know what you're talking about.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#17

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Oh, definitly didn't know that.
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#18

Just When You Thought You Knew It All...

The glottal stop makes an apostrophic appearance! As in:

Hawai'i

Some Polynesian languages feature the glottal stop. If it is denoted, an apostrophe is used. Although some English speakers pronounce glottal stops in Hawai'ian words, the vast majority do not. Even in the name Hawai'i, it is often omitted.

"The glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in many spoken languages. The glottal stop is the sound made when the vocal cords are pressed together to stop the flow of air and then released, and is the sound in the middle of the interjection uh-oh."

Also used in Arabic, Burmese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Guaraní, Hebrew, Maltese, Norwegian, Polynesian, Võro.

"Features of the glottal stop:

Its manner of articulation is plosive or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.
Its place of articulation is glottal which means it is articulated by the vocal folds.
Its phonation type is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
Because it is pronounced in the throat; without a component in the mouth, the central/lateral dichotomy does not apply.
The airstream mechanism is pulmonic egressive, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottis or the mouth."

"There are few words in English that universally contain a glottal stop. The best known examples are the interjections "uh-oh" and "uh-uh". The p in "yep" and "nope" for yes and no may have originally represented glottal stops, but the words are now typically read with a [p]."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop
#19

Just When You Thought You Knew It All...

Ok I was with you at the beginng... but then you lost me with this whole glottal stop thing.

Thank you for addressing the abuse of the apostrophe. My chemistry teacher was fond of using it far too often.

I'm a fan of the word "apostrophic." Hah.
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#20

Just When You Thought You Knew It All...

At a minimum, never end a sentence with one of the following 19 "simple" prepositions:

after
at
by
down
for
from
in
on
of
over
past
around
since
through
till
to
under
up
with
#23

Just When You Thought You Knew It All...

The exception, JohnBoy2, would of course be the full and correct sentence, Shut up.
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