Grammar & Punctuation - AGAIN
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Another "construct" that gets over used is improper spelling to make a word plural.
By adding an 'S' to a word does not always make it plural. Some words are singular,
or plural, depending on how they are used in a sentence. Examples; aircraft, watercraft.
"There were many different types of aircraft, parked at the airport."
'The harbor was filled with a multitude of watercraft."
NEVER add an 'S' to these words. If you do, you're showing your ignorance.
Uncle Al
By adding an 'S' to a word does not always make it plural. Some words are singular,
or plural, depending on how they are used in a sentence. Examples; aircraft, watercraft.
"There were many different types of aircraft, parked at the airport."
'The harbor was filled with a multitude of watercraft."
NEVER add an 'S' to these words. If you do, you're showing your ignorance.
Uncle Al
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Re: Grammar & Punctuation - AGAIN
Just for grins, spot the gaffe here:
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Re: Grammar & Punctuation - AGAIN
Known in the trade as a "comma splice": an elementary error made by too many people.
It is only acceptable, to my mind, when there is a risk of confusion if the apostrophe is omitted. Numerals should be fine without, but lower-case abbreviations may be tricky to decode.
Now you're ringing my bell! The use of interrupting full stops to imitate emphatic pauses is effective if done sparingly, but it is a stylistic graphic, not a legitimate use of punctuation marks, and is fast becoming a cliche.
To the list of hates I would like to add:
* use of the apostrophe for plurals of nouns ending in -s (Jones's: should be Joneses)
* use of the apostrophe without possessive s after singular proper names (James': should be James's). This style is appropriate only for names ending in phonetic /-zIz/ or similar, as in Jesus, Moses, Rameses. If you can say "James's", you can write it that way too.
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Re: Grammar & Punctuation - AGAIN
Shouldn't that be: "If you jump off a Parisian bridge..."?
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Don't ask me all I know is what was printed in the picture!!
"It is better to be hated for what you are than be loved for what you are not" Andre Gide: 1869 - 1951
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Re: Grammar & Punctuation - AGAIN
Presumably these were on an America website.Fred in Skirts wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 5:39 pmDon't ask me all I know is what was printed in the picture!!
There is no such thing as a normal person, only someone you don't know very well yet.
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Correct!!
"It is better to be hated for what you are than be loved for what you are not" Andre Gide: 1869 - 1951
Always be yourself because the people that matter don’t mind and the ones that mind don’t matter.
Always be yourself because the people that matter don’t mind and the ones that mind don’t matter.