Exactly.Darth_Fleder wrote:
What on Earth does that mean?mikkel wrote:
See now if it was a one-off, it could be excused as an innocent lapse of mind
th'at righ`t there a'lone made me sto'p read`inglord_tyler_486 wrote:
I'll gonna tell you how to use it:
no one noticed that he used an apostrophe in that sentence.andy12 wrote:
I'd rather lick my own shit than use an apostrophe.
I hope you're hungry, mate. LMAO
rofl.....good catch.G3|Genius wrote:
no one noticed that he used an apostrophe in that sentence.andy12 wrote:
I'd rather lick my own shit than use an apostrophe.
I hope you're hungry, mate. LMAO
I am actually hungry,but its like a vicous cycle,im hungry for shit but i can't shit becaause i need food.G3|Genius wrote:
no one noticed that he used an apostrophe in that sentence.andy12 wrote:
I'd rather lick my own shit than use an apostrophe.
I hope you're hungry, mate. LMAO
Here's another vicous cycle that people can use on the fat people.
For example i''l use the name tom.
Tom your fat because you eat and you eat because your fat.Now that should put that fat boys confidence down.Theres some tips for the fatties you don'[i no]t like.
My first post was a joke,im sure you got it it was like a double optomdron or however its spelt.
Spell checker didn'''t help oh well.
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Maybe for the next thread we can teach people the difference between there, their, and they're.
Oh damn, I just realized I used an apostrophe!
Oh damn, I just realized I used an apostrophe!
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More shyte for youandy12 wrote:
I am actually hungry,but its like a vicous cycle,im hungry for shit but i can't shit becaause i need food.G3|Genius wrote:
no one noticed that he used an apostrophe in that sentence.andy12 wrote:
I'd rather lick my own shit than use an apostrophe.
I hope you're hungry, mate. LMAO
Here's another vicous cycle that people can use on the fat people.
For example i''l use the name tom.
Tom your fat because you eat and you eat because your fat.Now that should put that fat boys confidence down.Theres some tips for the fatties you don'[i no]t like.
My first post was a joke,im sure you got it it was like a double optomdron or however its spelt.
Spell checker didn'''t help oh well.
May be too complex.Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Today 15:52:33 Maybe for the next thread we can teach people the difference between there, their, and they're.
Oh damn, I just realized I used an apostrophe!
I have never flamed anyone on here, but seriously dude, get a fucking life.lord_tyler_486 wrote:
I know many people will hate me for this and say "fuck y0 I dont care bout this bullshit" but all these posts containing misplaced apostrophes made me having to create this topic.
The apostrophe is a ’ as you might know, not a ´, not a ` and also not a '. Enlarge your font size by holding CTRL and scrolling with the mouse wheel to see the difference clearly. But most people don't have this sign on their keyboard so a ' is also regarded as a correctly entered apostrophe. The apostrophe is a punctuation and looks like this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … trophe.png
Okay so far? I'll tell you how to use it:
An apostrophe is needed if you want to show a possession. This means if you want to show that somebody owns something.
Example:
Mike bought a chainsaw because he was happy. This is Mike's chainsaw.
This rule is also valid for non-name words:
This is my computer's graphics card.
If this word does already end in an S, you don't need to add a second one:
James stole Mike's chainsaw because he chose to kill people. Now it is James' chainsaw.
My brothers bought a bigger chainsaw. This is my brothers' chainsaw.
A word like Max does not end in an s, but there is no Max's, use Max' instead because if you pronounce it, then it will sound like Macs, and now it's ending in an S.
Words like his, its or yours don't have an apostrophe.
Apostrophes are needed to indicate omitted letters. Thus you need to add an apostrophe into words like "don't" or "it's" [notice the difference between its and it's [it is]]
You may replace the 19 in 1970s with an apostrophe and you get '70s. Writing '70's or 1970's is slightly incorrect.
And now, the most common mistake: The plural-apostrophe. Usually there is none. No Avocado's, no Apple's, no car's, no CD's, no APC's, no pro's, no con's, no a's, no b's and also no c's. It's recommended to capitalize letters in this case: As, Bs, Cs instead of as/a's, bs/b's, cs/c's.
Of course there are exceptions like the Italian surname D'Angelo that has an apostrophe in it.
This is not everything about the apostrophe but the most important parts.
If you want to learn more about this wonderful punctuation, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/apostrophe. That's where the image is from.
Why do you mock me?I have no confidence at all now.Im so close to the edge i^'^m gonna do it.Darth_Fleder wrote:
More shyte for youandy12 wrote:
I am actually hungry,but its like a vicous cycle,im hungry for shit but i can't shit becaause i need food.G3|Genius wrote:
no one noticed that he used an apostrophe in that sentence.
I hope you're hungry, mate. LMAO
Here's another vicous cycle that people can use on the fat people.
For example i''l use the name tom.
Tom your fat because you eat and you eat because your fat.Now that should put that fat boys confidence down.Theres some tips for the fatties you don'[i no]t like.
My first post was a joke,im sure you got it it was like a double optomdron or however its spelt.
Spell checker didn'''t help oh well.May be too complex.Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Today 15:52:33 Maybe for the next thread we can teach people the difference between there, their, and they're.
Oh damn, I just realized I used an apostrophe!
But seriously now can we be serious for 1 freekin second!!!!wooo!
Right ok now my "serious" point is that why does it matter?Really WHY,i can read writing without punctuation and why do people need to do the old they're ,there and their i can make out what people are saying even if they do this:
andy12youramothafuckingtosser suck onthatufatfucinnobcheese.
Anyway this is a RARE occasion i will be serious so if you would like to point out as to why in a GAMING FORUM spelling and puntuation is important.
EDIT:Don't just give me an answer like:FORUM RULES -1 for you everyday forever biatch.
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Just because it is a gaming internet forum is no reason not to use at least some level of spelling and puncuation. I think others are right in that if you want to be taken seriously, how well you write can make an impact on that.andy12 wrote:
Why do you mock me?I have no confidence at all now.Im so close to the edge i^'^m gonna do it.Darth_Fleder wrote:
More shyte for youandy12 wrote:
I am actually hungry,but its like a vicous cycle,im hungry for shit but i can't shit becaause i need food.
Here's another vicous cycle that people can use on the fat people.
For example i''l use the name tom.
Tom your fat because you eat and you eat because your fat.Now that should put that fat boys confidence down.Theres some tips for the fatties you don'[i no]t like.
My first post was a joke,im sure you got it it was like a double optomdron or however its spelt.
Spell checker didn'''t help oh well.May be too complex.Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Today 15:52:33 Maybe for the next thread we can teach people the difference between there, their, and they're.
Oh damn, I just realized I used an apostrophe!
But seriously now can we be serious for 1 freekin second!!!!wooo!
Right ok now my "serious" point is that why does it matter?Really WHY,i can read writing without punctuation and why do people need to do the old they're ,there and their i can make out what people are saying even if they do this:
andy12youramothafuckingtosser suck onthatufatfucinnobcheese.
Anyway this is a RARE occasion i will be serious so if you would like to point out as to why in a GAMING FORUM spelling and puntuation is important.
EDIT:Don't just give me an answer like:FORUM RULES -1 for you everyday forever biatch.
Should we all just dumb ourselves down to the point where we are swinging from the trees and flinging shit at each other?
Obviously not ,actually shit is rather...Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Just because it is a gaming internet forum is no reason not to use at least some level of spelling and puncuation. I think others are right in that if you want to be taken seriously, how well you write can make an impact on that.andy12 wrote:
Why do you mock me?I have no confidence at all now.Im so close to the edge i^'^m gonna do it.Darth_Fleder wrote:
More shyte for youandy12 wrote:
I am actually hungry,but its like a viscous cycle,I'm hungry for shit but i can't shit because i need food.
Here's another viscous cycle that people can use on the fat people.
For example i''l use the name tom.
Tom your fat because you eat and you eat because your fat.Now that should put that fat boys confidence down.Theres some tips for the fatties you don'[i no]t like.
My first post was a joke,I'm sure you got it it was like a double optometric or however its spelt.
Spell checker didn'''t help oh well.
May be too complex.
But seriously now can we be serious for 1 freekin second!!!!wooo!
Right ok now my "serious" point is that why does it matter?Really WHY,i can read writing without punctuation and why do people need to do the old they're ,there and their i can make out what people are saying even if they do this:
andy12youramothafuckingtosser suck onthatufatfucinnobcheese.
Anyway this is a RARE occasion i will be serious so if you would like to point out as to why in a GAMING FORUM spelling and punctuation is important.
EDIT:Don't just give me an answer like:FORUM RULES -1 for you everyday forever biatch.
Should we all just dumb ourselves down to the point where we are swinging from the trees and flinging shit at each other?
As you said some level of spelling and punctuation.An understandable level of spelling that is all.Going into all the theres,they'res and theirs isn't really necessary is it?
Sorry but i see not reason to get aggravated over Punctuation,after all not ever one is from an English speaking country.
Some people are just too full of themselves. It's an international gaming forum, so obviously not everyone have A level English exams. I'm sure that people try to the fullest extent of their abilities, and if people intentionally leave it out, who're anyone to tell them how to talk?
I actually find it good that somebody still cares about grammar a bit. Still this is a forum for a rather stupid (I mean comeon bf2 is not exactly an IQ trainer; please dont flame me) but fun and addicting game and nobody here really cares about punctuation. Still I like your boldness.
+1
see you
Max
+1
see you
Max
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
you dont need to follow what he says. It's just for information for those who don't know to use them but would like (or don't mind) to use the correctly. Give him a break.mikkel wrote:
Some people are just too full of themselves. It's an international gaming forum, so obviously not everyone have A level English exams. I'm sure that people try to the fullest extent of their abilities, and if people intentionally leave it out, who're anyone to tell them how to talk?
Everybody from the english speaking countries should be ashamed of themselfs, cause a guy from Germany is telling you how to write properly in english.
PLEASE DON'T FLAME ME !!!
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
I was replying to andy12, not the OP.max wrote:
you dont need to follow what he says. It's just for information for those who don't know to use them but would like (or don't mind) to use the correctly. Give him a break.mikkel wrote:
Some people are just too full of themselves. It's an international gaming forum, so obviously not everyone have A level English exams. I'm sure that people try to the fullest extent of their abilities, and if people intentionally leave it out, who're anyone to tell them how to talk?
ACTUALLY, YOU SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN - "THESE ARE MY BROTHERS' CHAINSAWS."lord_tyler_486 wrote:
My brothers bought a bigger chainsaw. This is my brothers' chainsaw.
-1 for publishing a grammar guide and making an obvious mistake.
noob; he could have sold the smaller one or the speaker could have pointed at just 1 chainsawwanderlost wrote:
ACTUALLY, YOU SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN - "THESE ARE MY BROTHERS' CHAINSAWS."lord_tyler_486 wrote:
My brothers bought a bigger chainsaw. This is my brothers' chainsaw.
-1 for publishing a grammar guide and making an obvious mistake.
-1 for calling somebody stupid without thinking
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
oh sorry, my badmikkel wrote:
I was replying to andy12, not the OP.max wrote:
you dont need to follow what he says. It's just for information for those who don't know to use them but would like (or don't mind) to use the correctly. Give him a break.mikkel wrote:
Some people are just too full of themselves. It's an international gaming forum, so obviously not everyone have A level English exams. I'm sure that people try to the fullest extent of their abilities, and if people intentionally leave it out, who're anyone to tell them how to talk?
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
"This is my brother's chainsaw" is correct if there is only one chainsaw. "Brothers'" however indicates that there is more than one chainsaw, so the correct sentence would indeed be either "This is my brother's chainsaw" or "these are my brothers' chainsaws"max wrote:
noob; he could have sold the smaller one or the speaker could have pointed at just 1 chainsawwanderlost wrote:
ACTUALLY, YOU SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN - "THESE ARE MY BROTHERS' CHAINSAWS."lord_tyler_486 wrote:
My brothers bought a bigger chainsaw. This is my brothers' chainsaw.
-1 for publishing a grammar guide and making an obvious mistake.
-1 for calling somebody stupid without thinking
At least that's what my teacher taught me.
No worries.max wrote:
oh sorry, my badmikkel wrote:
I was replying to andy12, not the OP.max wrote:
you dont need to follow what he says. It's just for information for those who don't know to use them but would like (or don't mind) to use the correctly. Give him a break.
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whoops didnt see thatmikkel wrote:
"This is my brother's chainsaw" is correct if there is only one chainsaw. "Brothers'" however indicates that there is more than one chainsaw, so the correct sentence would indeed be either "This is my brother's chainsaw" or "these are my brothers' chainsaws"max wrote:
noob; he could have sold the smaller one or the speaker could have pointed at just 1 chainsawwanderlost wrote:
ACTUALLY, YOU SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN - "THESE ARE MY BROTHERS' CHAINSAWS."lord_tyler_486 wrote:
My brothers bought a bigger chainsaw. This is my brothers' chainsaw.
-1 for publishing a grammar guide and making an obvious mistake.
-1 for calling somebody stupid without thinkingNo worries.max wrote:
oh sorry, my badmikkel wrote:
I was replying to andy12, not the OP.
+1 for you tomorrow (in 24 h)
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
I fully realize that this forum has members from countries where English is not their native language. I fully applaud them as well for being multi-lingual; my German is just good enough that I could order a beer.andy12 wrote:
Obviously not ,actually shit is rather...Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Just because it is a gaming internet forum is no reason not to use at least some level of spelling and puncuation. I think others are right in that if you want to be taken seriously, how well you write can make an impact on that.andy12 wrote:
Why do you mock me?I have no confidence at all now.Im so close to the edge i^'^m gonna do it.
But seriously now can we be serious for 1 freekin second!!!!wooo!
Right ok now my "serious" point is that why does it matter?Really WHY,i can read writing without punctuation and why do people need to do the old they're ,there and their i can make out what people are saying even if they do this:
andy12youramothafuckingtosser suck onthatufatfucinnobcheese.
Anyway this is a RARE occasion i will be serious so if you would like to point out as to why in a GAMING FORUM spelling and punctuation is important.
EDIT:Don't just give me an answer like:FORUM RULES -1 for you everyday forever biatch.
Should we all just dumb ourselves down to the point where we are swinging from the trees and flinging shit at each other?
As you said some level of spelling and punctuation.An understandable level of spelling that is all.Going into all the theres,they'res and theirs isn't really necessary is it?
Sorry but i see not reason to get aggravated over Punctuation,after all not ever one is from an English speaking country.
Also, if you look at my post the smiley at the end was meant to show that I was being facetious.
Actually it is the part of the forum rules that state that your posts won't be taken as seriously when you don't use proper grammer, punctuation etc. Frankly, it is true, when I see someone posting without using them, I do take them less than seriously. I won't however -karma you for it, just tailor my responses for someone with a more limited grasp of things.andy12 wrote:
Why do you mock me?I have no confidence at all now.Im so close to the edge i^'^m gonna do it.
But seriously now can we be serious for 1 freekin second!!!!wooo!
Right ok now my "serious" point is that why does it matter?Really WHY,i can read writing without punctuation and why do people need to do the old they're ,there and their i can make out what people are saying even if they do this:
andy12youramothafuckingtosser suck onthatufatfucinnobcheese.
Anyway this is a RARE occasion i will be serious so if you would like to point out as to why in a GAMING FORUM spelling and puntuation is important.
EDIT:Don't just give me an answer like:FORUM RULES -1 for you everyday forever biatch.
Dung_Bomb makes an excellent point. Take a little pride people, I don't have an English degree, but still take a little pride in the fact that I am literate. If I were to start posting in a language other than English, I would make damn sure I was doing it correctly OR I would be taking instruction from others until I could.Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Should we all just dumb ourselves down to the point where we are swinging from the trees and flinging shit at each other?
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Was that right after he learned the use of a comma Marconius and he put it after nearly every word?Marconius wrote:
This reminds me of the book Flowers for Algernon. It's about a mentally challenged person who keeps a journal of his activities, and undergoes a special surgery that makes him extremely intelligent for a week or two before he reverts back again.
One of the passages in his journal is when his mentor teaches him all about punctuation.Daniel Keys wrote:
One thing I like about, Dear Miss Kinnian: (thats the way it
goes in a business letter if I ever go into business) is she, always
gives me' a reason" when--I ask. She's a gen'ius! I wish I cou'd be
smart" like, her;
(Punctuation, is; fun!)
Good book though, real good.
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