Discuss Semi Colons, ultimately pointless! in The NAAFI Bar on The Army Rumour Service; Originally Posted by TicTeaser
I can't help but notice the amount of ellipsis abuse going on.
If they insist on coming on to this site they deserve everything they get....
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About LinkBacks- 20-04-2012, 07:33 #131Senior Member
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If they insist on coming on to this site they deserve everything they get.
Originally Posted by TicTeaser 
Cave ne sit taurus feces.
- 20-04-2012, 08:35 #132 Originally Posted by TicTeaser
... you can cut that out for a start.It was like that when I got here.
If you can't take a joke, you shouldn't have joined.
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When did they change the name? We used to call it sierra. Originally Posted by TicTeaser Cave ne sit taurus feces.
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Incorrect, old chap. Originally Posted by PrinceAlbert
'Nazi' is short for 'Nationalsozialismus' so English grammar demands that where there's a contraction (see what I did there?) or the pluralisation of an abbreviation, an apostrophe is required where the missing letters would be, if written in full.
Anyway, never mind SC's; we should be debating the flagrant ignorance of the apostrophe by the vast majority of the population.I hate block jobs.
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Particularly by greengrocers, if anyone can remember what they were.
We trained hard ... but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Charlton Ogburn (Harpers Magazine 1957)
- 22-04-2012, 09:07 #136Member
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I believe there is a protection society for the apostrophe.
Apostrophe Protection SocietyIf I had balls they'd be bigger than yours.
- 22-04-2012, 09:29 #137Senior Member
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I think you'll find it's greengrocer's Originally Posted by Collapsar 
Cave ne sit taurus feces.
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When I point out to some people with whom I associate some examples of the misuse or absence of the apostrophe I receive a response which seems to translate as "ugg uggy ugg ugg", or some equally undecipherable answer. In other words the apostrophe is a mystery to them. I despair sometimes. Originally Posted by LCpl_Comes-Quickly
But we must not give up!Dulce Est Desipere in Loco
- 22-04-2012, 12:52 #139Member
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The greengrocer's apostrophe. No I won't. While I accept that my post may have been grammatically weak, my apostrophe use was correct. Originally Posted by donmac I think you'll find it's greengrocer'sWe trained hard ... but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Charlton Ogburn (Harpers Magazine 1957)
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