Another Argument in Favor of Esperanto???
Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2009
Really, you would expect this sort of thing in America, but in England? Oh, my.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090131/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_no_apostrophe_2
4 Response to "Another Argument in Favor of Esperanto???"
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Danger Panda Says:
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And contractions--don't forget those! But, yes, I don't know what's up with finding so many of them on simple plurals these days. The English teachers need to start carrying bigger sticks...
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JenK Says:
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Oh dear God. I am horrified.
"Acocks Green."
Somewhere, I'm sure one is. But only if you put an apostrophe after the k.
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FirstNations Says:
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If we all spoke Klingon the only apostrophes we'd have to worry about would be in names, as: K'tharq, M'thon, etc.
well it's true.
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People do go crazy on those apostrophes though; they use them on plurals where they don't need them. I think they need to be used when appropriate--for possessives. That's correct grammar!