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Attention grammar police!
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KDICEMOD wrote
at 9:19 AM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT
Let's discuss the proper use of apostrophes and when it is appropriate for the apostrophe to be before the "s" and when it should come after the "s". I always struggle with this concept. Someone teach me!
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ryan=dicksizzle wrote
at 9:22 AM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT If it's plural, after the S. If not, use it before.
On proper nouns, it just comes down to personal preferences. Jesus' and Jesus's mean the same thing. |
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Cal Ripken wrote
at 9:23 AM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT Periods always go inside the quotation marks.
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KDICEMOD wrote
at 9:23 AM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT FUCK YOU PIERCE! THIS IS ABOUT APOSTROPHE'S'!!!!""
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KDICEMOD wrote
at 9:25 AM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT I thought the outside apostrophe had to do with some type of possessive quality to the forthcoming noun.
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Cal Ripken wrote
at 9:25 AM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT lol
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ryan=dicksizzle wrote
at 9:28 AM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT im pretty sure it only depends on the noun doing the possessing
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greekboi wrote
at 10:10 AM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT when it's something like 'Congress's' i usually get confused.
also lots of people confuse it's and its |
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KDICEMOD wrote
at 10:17 AM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT It's is simply a replacement for it + is. That one I know. It's the other stuff that confuses me.
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Gurgi wrote
at 10:20 AM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT just matters if it's singular or plural
niggler already explained it tho |
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OviloN wrote
at 1:35 PM, Wednesday April 25, 2012 EDT "Jesus' dog" means that there's more than Jesus? Must have something to do with the trinity, right?
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