Why don’t pro’s use stabilisers.

[Racing roadkill]

Because they are too busy incorrectly using apostrophes.

Oh look, a grammar Nazi.

 

[Racing roadkill]

An apostrophe could indicate a missing letter, but it's a stretch to ask the reader to guess and fill in nine letters.

Pro is a short form of professional, and pros is the short form of professionals, there cannot be an apostrophe.

I know why people do it - aside from general ignorance - because it reads badly, pros sounds like 'pross'.

The plural of many nouns which end in a vowel do look clumsy with an s plonked on the end.

Photo and photos is a good example.

In that case I often use photographs or pics because it reads more smoothly.

Pale rider is quite correct. Autocorrect, on ‘phones doesn't always understand either.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Shouldn't it be stabiliser's?

That depends how autocorrect behaves.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Why can't the Apostrophe Police start a new thread if they want to discuss apostrophes and ignore the topic in the thread title?

Quite, it would help if they had a clue about what they were discussing as well.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I like the Oxford comma but there's always a danger of punctures if you spread them all the place.

You’ve missed at least one comma out.

 

[sheddy]

now here's a proper trophy (or 4)
https://www.skoda-press.be/tour-de-...lebrates-with-skoda-auto-crystal-glass-trophy

 

[snorri]

now here's a proper trophy (or 4)
https://www.skoda-press.be/tour-de-...lebrates-with-skoda-auto-crystal-glass-trophy

Car promotions in a cycling forum.

 

[Andy_R]

Don't go mixing apostrophes and commas either

There's a may pole dancer
Theresa May, pole dancer

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

You’ve missed at least one comma out.

All's sorted now....

 

[Racing roadkill]

When constructing a sentence, try to adhere to the conventional construction.

SPOCA(voc).

 

[Racing roadkill]

Anyway, back on topic, how about those pro stabilisers.

 

[rugby bloke]

Check out these bad boys:

 

[Ajax Bay]

you could extend it to something like "He stands atop the fo'c's'le's ladder" for four apostrophes.

FTFY

 

[Racing roadkill]

Check out these bad boys:

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That’s what I call ‘functional weight’.

 

[Jenkins]

Wouldn't stabilizers mean the bike would have to be reclassified as a quadricycle and therefore potentially banned from competition?