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You can't have too many apostrophe's

Can we talk about this? Is it possible? Or by bringing it up, will I be relegated to that category of individual so many love to hate, the dreadful "grammar n?zi"?

Does it drive anyone else nuts that it seems that more and more adults in this country could evidently not pass a 5th grade English exam?

And is the increasing proliferation of "grocers apostrophes" THE single most annoying element of the above?!
paulfolbrecht
tvad
9,467 posts
 
it is my impression that there exists an obsession with grammatical correctness, which is out of proportion to its importance.
Mrtennis (Threads | Answers)

Yet another opinion expressed by the man who states opinions are of no importance.

Therefore, who cares?

PS- No, you cannot pass off your opinion by calling it an impression.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
Mrtennis, I apologize for the above post.

Have a nice weekend.
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
words have definitions. the behavior of some is indicative of obsession. this is not an opinion. there are definitions, facts, opinions and knowledge. since words have definitions, all utterances are not opinions.

apology accepted. i appreciate that you "keep me on my mental toes". in the end, its just talk.
joeylawn36111
574 posts
 


When I was in college at Syracuse University in the early 80s, in my particular curriculum we would receive FAILING grades on our papers if we had only ONE typo or misspelling.


Stuff like that makes me mad as hell. Pure BS. Colleges really suck!
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tabl10s
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Correct grammer can be compared to the use of a Knife and Fork. You can use them in different ways to achieve the same result but there is a standard. Since coming to America, I've never seen such neanderthal-like technique from the professional sector, all the way down to Kindergarten.
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