The Lowly Apostrophe

[piskieinboots]

due to some of the work I have to do I have a fair few 'English' type books - this one is a good one:

[Jeanied]

Now I, personally, am especially fond of the ellipsis...

[Brengirl]

"Have a place for everything and everything in it's place"

What a bore. Give me disorderly disorder

[ginger ninger]

So, what attempts are you making to find a girlfriend? Is there anything WE can do?

I thought "Ollie" had found himself a girlfriend the other day...they were having "McD's chips", He said she was a GOOD friend..Mmmm

[OllieMartin]

I thought "Ollie" had found himself a girlfriend the other day...they were having "McD's chips", He said she was a GOOD friend..Mmmm

Let's not read into things too much hey?
Fran's not my type, she's too chavy, love her as I do. The McDonald's conversation came up because one of her 1st dates was there!! (That deserved two exclamations)

[Glutton4...]

Anyone on here read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynn Truss?

Given to me by my MIL who is a Proof-reader (or is that Proof Reader?) She probably has more gripes about the English language than all of us put together.

I love the idea of the 'interrobang' I want one!

[piskieinboots]

Anyone on here read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynn Truss?

yes, I have it - I like it

[susieq100]

I find misuse of the apostrophe very annoying. It seems to be something that greengrocers just don't get. Do you have to misuse the apostrophe to be a greengrocer? Is it part of the person specification? Terry Pratchett is very amusing about the apostrophe and I adored "Eats Shoots and Leaves" - witty and informative.

[Two_Sheds]

although technically it should be Oct'

why?
abbreviations have a full stop don't they?
Oct.

[Comfreyfan]

I love 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'. My current pet hate is 'could of'. Use an apostrophe and work out which word you should really be using.

[Sheepish]

So, what attempts are you making to find a girfriend? Is there anything WE can do?

Is Lynne Truss single?

[Two_Sheds]

See, "could of" has been absorbed into the language, at least round here. They have no idea that they should be saying "could have"

[Capsid]

"Have a place for everything and everything in it's place"

What a bore. Give me disorderly disorder

Err.. that's its place.

[zazen999]

Overuse of exclamation marks, question marks, or full stops in thread titles, always get edited by me, because it makes the thread title run onto 2 lines on my tiny pooter

Me too; and I always go in and add in the [ or /] on quotes where people have deleted too much.

Anyways - all this is very interesting.....but back on topic. Ollie - I've seen the photos, and you're a looker - why on earth are you still single again? Are you ridiculously picky or something?

[Two_Sheds]

Western Road, Brighton (or possibly Hove)

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