Sign's With punctuation Error's

[Profpointy]

surely in that case, you mean pluralised word's

Maybe pluralised was the wrong word. I didn't mean words which were simply plurals

 

[Andy_R]

Seen from A Berwick-on-Tweed coffee shop window

Surprised no one spotted this one.....it's Berwick upon Tweed

 

[MontyVeda]

Maybe pluralised was the wrong word. I didn't mean words which were simply plurals

I'm beginning to suspect you're not really a professor.

 

[Pale Rider]

The apostrophe has nothing to do with plurals.

Problems arise for some when the noun ends in a vowel.

Simply putting an s on the end looks odd, but like it or not, the plural of photo is photos.

In that case, photo is a shortened form, the plural of photograph - photographs - looks better.

 

[Profpointy]

I'm beginning to suspect you're not really a professor.

It's an honorific title bestowed by my friends. There may have been a smidge of sarcasm.

Anyhow I thought there was some distinction which meant when you were talking about multiples of the word itself rather than multiples of the thing the word meant, then you apostrophe'd it - but no idea where I've got this notion from. Maybe not so

 

[Profpointy]

The apostrophe has nothing to do with plurals.

Problems arise for some when the noun ends in a vowel.

Simply putting an s on the end looks odd, but like it or not, the plural of photo is photos.

In that case, photo is a shortened form, the plural of photograph - photographs - looks better.

But shouldn't photo (singular) be written photo' and then what do you do? I do tend to write 'phone, at least when I'm being poncy

 

[Trickedem]

Seeing as this thread has been resurrected I thought I'd share one of my favourite. Friday Night Riders may recognise it from the Whitstable rides. The irony of the Full Engllish Breakfast

 

[Pale Rider]

But shouldn't photo (singular) be written photo' and then what do you do? I do tend to write 'phone, at least when I'm being poncy

The apostrophe can be used to denote an absent letter or letters.

But I think photo and phone are in such common use they qualify as words in their own right.

 

[swee'pea99]

The apostrophe can be used to denote an absent letter or letters.

But I think photo and phone are in such common use they qualify as words in their own right.

Absolutely. We don't call it a 'bus; it ceased being an omnibus a long time ago.

 

[Ian H]

The apostrophe can be used to denote an absent letter or letters.

But I think photo and phone are in such common use they qualify as words in their own right.

Like taxi, bus, pram, lunch, zoo, etc.

 

[Pale Rider]

Seeing as this thread has been resurrected I thought I'd share one of my favourite. Friday Night Riders may recognise it from the Whitstable rides. The irony of the Full Engllish Breakfast View attachment 151096

The window signage has a bad dose of capitals disease, and while the photo is a bit blurred, I think bolognese is spelled incorrectly as 'Bolognaise'.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I really will need to stop reading this, the amount of apostrophe's and mistake's is really getting on my tit's.

 

[marshmella]

Do I win?

You and your uncle both need arresting, that's disgusting.

 

[Andy_R]

It's the difference between knowing your shoot, and knowing you're shoot.

 

[Cubist]

Pedants' feast