Grammar Police Triumph!

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No, I haven't checked this post! (maybe I should)
It seems to me that "youngsters" keep using that age old excuse "well, as long as you can understand what I mean", or "ffs, it's only the internet" etc

I am by no means perfect and I know that we all do the typo thing; it is the lazy people out there, who basically don't give a **** ...... or really worryingly, don't know the difference, that make me shudder.
 
Wow, good news in the news.

I personally think this is a really good decision, and it should hopefully improve the standard of written English throughout the UK, or even abroad.

Too many times now have I seen foreigners' typing in English slang. It always makes me really upset; as I love languages and if they're purposefully not using a language to its full extent, then it's quite saddening. In my opinion, at least. :)

Anyway, one step in the right direction, and a thumbs up from me!
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Phil.
 
Bri said:
The apostrophe is only placed at the end of a word that ends with an S IIRC. e.g. Jesus' disciples.
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Wrong. I'm Rich. I have a PC. It's Rich's PC. If I was Chris and this was my PC it'd be Chris' PC correct, but I can also use it with my name :p
 
Short form - Long form
I'm - I am
I've - I have
I'll - I will/I shall
I'd - I would/I should/I had
you're - you are
you've - you have
you'll - you will
you'd - you had/you would
he's - he has/he is
he'll - he will
he'd - he had/he would
she's - she has/she is
she'll - she will
she'd - she had/she would
it's - it has/it is
it'll - it will
we're - we are
we've - we have
we'll - we will
we'd - we had/we would
they're - they are
they've - they have
they'll - they will
they'd - they had/they would
aren't - are not
can't - cannot, can not
couldn't - could not
daren't - dare not
didn't - did not
doesn't - does not
don't - do not
hasn't - has not
haven't - have not
hadn't - had not
isn't - is not
mayn't - may not
mightn't - might not
mustn't - must not
needn't - need not
oughtn't - ought not
shan't - shall not
shouldn't - should not
wasn't - was not
weren't - were not
won't - will not
wouldn't - would not

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Tonks said:
Short form - Long form
I'm - I am
I've - I have
I'll - I will/I shall
I'd - I would/I should/I had
you're - you are
you've - you have
you'll - you will
you'd - you had/you would
he's - he has/he is
he'll - he will
he'd - he had/he would
Snip
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Bored?
 
Can anyone elaborate further on the " Jesus' " apostrophe thing? My name ends with an S and its always been s's at the end when belonging to me.
 
Chronos-X said:
Can anyone elaborate further on the " Jesus' " apostrophe thing? My name ends with an S and its always been s's at the end when belonging to me.
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You can write Jesus' or Jesus's - both are equally valid.
 
Zefan said:
Wrong. I'm Rich. I have a PC. It's Rich's PC. If I was Chris and this was my PC it'd be Chris' PC correct, but I can also use it with my name :p
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Eh? So when you say Rich's, how is the apostrophe at the end of the word? The previous poster said Johns', which is incorrect, just like Richs' would be.
 
"lend" and "borrow" and "learn" and "teach" being swapped around annoys me too. They mean the total opposite of each other ffs!
 
Treefrog said:
"lend" and "borrow" and "learn" and "teach" being swapped around annoys me too. They mean the total opposite of each other ffs!
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If you would like to lend my old english papers they should learn you real well how to speak proper. :D
 
Bri said:
Eh? So when you say Rich's, how is the apostrophe at the end of the word? The previous poster said Johns', which is incorrect, just like Richs' would be.
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When a word ends in s it is technically incorrect to omit the s after the ' in the posessive form however there are exceptions like Jesus where one can write Jesus'

Copied almost verbatim from what I remember from my dictionary so I hope that's right :D
 
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