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    If it ends in a Y...

    then you take the Y away and add 'IES'; strawberry=strawberries, raspberry=raspberries. Writing strawberry's or raspberry's implies that something belongs to the strawberry or the raspberry...

    And potato doesn't become potato's or potatoe's if you have more than one. It becomes potatoes. Tomato=tomatoes.


    Hope that helps somebody/somebodies...
    Last edited by SarzWix; 07-07-2011, 09:18 PM.
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    And money does not become monies it becomes moneys. Similarly trolley does not become trollies, it becomes trolleys. Trollies are something completely different from what you push round a supermarket. They are what you wear under your keks, ie knickers.

    valmarg

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    • #3
      It must have been raining for a while now! But thanks for the grammar lesson.......that apostrophe stuff has baffled me since my rather poor early education in the seventies.......

      I finally get it.......thanks for the simple explanation.......

      Loving my allotment!

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      • #4
        Good luck Sarz.

        Do you, like me, go round shops rubbing out apostrophes on their chalkboards?

        English is a difficult language, and it's almost impossible to teach to these new generations of children who never actually see the written form: many of our kids don't have any books in the house at all. They write as they speak, and here in Norfolk you tend to leave out most vowels (and most consonants come to think of it).
        Last edited by Two_Sheds; 18-07-2011, 07:20 AM.
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        • #5
          It's simples.

          's is belonging to unless it's its.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
            It's simples.

            's is belonging to unless it's its.
            zat a possessive pronoun at the end?

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            • #7
              i before e except after c

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              • #8
                oxymoron's are the most fun
                He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

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                • #9
                  Lol, an honest politician?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by bearded bloke View Post
                    oxymoron's are the most fun
                    What is that apostrophe doing in there Bernie?

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                    • #11
                      I thought he put it in on purpose ?

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                      • #12
                        me too also

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by chrismarks View Post
                          I thought he put it in on purpose ?
                          I hope he's got a tin hat

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by rustylady View Post
                            I hope he's got a tin hat
                            I am clearly confused,but I did it on purpose so as to encase things tidily

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                            Last edited by bearded bloke; 18-07-2011, 11:13 AM.
                            He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

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                            • #15
                              My Husband now understands the apostrophe rule - it may have something to do with me gobbing on my finger and wiping signs wherever we go. I even peeled off an apostrophe from a stuck-on sign on a trailer once. It was at a car show, and it was selling signs and transfers - you'd think they would know.
                              Last edited by Glutton4...; 18-07-2011, 11:08 AM.
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