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APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:05:35 Reply

Don't they teach people how to use apostrophes in school any more? I mean, my grammar really does stink most of the time, I'll be the first to admit that.

However, I've just been reading through some of the threads that have been posted recently... sigh.

I guess tomorrow's another day and I'll be less grumpy then.

P.S. I used CAPS in my thread title BECAUSE I CAN.

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:06:09 Reply

*no* They dont

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:06:09 Reply

All caps posting. I'm dissapoint.


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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:06:10 Reply

liljim's inner grammer nazi has awoken!


"Well shit, Daniel, I just left!"
LOL? LOL LOL LOL

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:06:25 Reply

your dumb whats an upostrafee

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:07:32 Reply

didn't jesus have 12 apostrophes?

i can't name any of them. can you?


Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things right now: Jack and shit... and Jack left town.
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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:07:49 Reply

'' <-------- This thing, right?

/sarcasm

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:08:20 Reply

in my skewool they didnt teetch us much but to not git killd... :'(

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:08:43 Reply

Can't
Won't
I'm
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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:08:44 Reply

For those who need help...
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe

APOSTROPHES


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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:09:25 Reply

DAMN HOW DARE YOU BRITS USE FRENCH WORDS IN YOUR LANGUAGE!!!

I mean what, apostrophes? Example of a bad use please :)

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:09:29 Reply

At 2/24/10 09:05 PM, liljim wrote: P.S. I used CAPS in my thread title BECAUSE I CAN.

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/rules
I'll just leave this right here.


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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:10:11 Reply

liljim's statement about this is true. Why is it people are too lazy to push the " ' " key?

The-Great-One's opinion of this matter is that he agrees with liljim's opinion on the matter as well.

Also like all good literature books I will give a demonstration...

liljim's icon used to be poopy.

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:12:11 Reply

Just checked STEM's link... Wow English grammar is so easy compared to French grammar... are you kidding me? People have trouble with that kind of stuff? I mean my first language is French, and I find all these little rules very easy... English teachers in high school must be sleeping on the job or something.

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:13:23 Reply

At 2/24/10 09:06 PM, Grizzli wrote: liljim's inner grammer nazi has awoken!

liljim sure is...poopy


Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:13:59 Reply

'I' 'l' 'o' 'v' 'e' 'l' 'i' 'l' 'j' 'i' 'm'

Illegal text my ass.
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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:14:59 Reply

At 2/24/10 09:05 PM, liljim wrote: P.S. I used CAPS in my thread title BECAUSE I CAN.

In a fair and just system, this would not be allowed.

But I guess tomorrow is another day, and I'll care less.

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:15:17 Reply

At 2/24/10 09:07 PM, Corpus-Delicti wrote: '' <-------- This thing, right?

/sarcasm

thats an kwoatayshin marc stoopid kaka face

/sarcasm


I wish I were your homework. Then I'd be hard, and you'd be doing me.

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:15:58 Reply

I dont' know what yo'ure talking about.

I think NG user's have great apo'strophe skills.


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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:16:14 Reply

At 2/24/10 09:09 PM, Thewests wrote:
At 2/24/10 09:05 PM, liljim wrote: P.S. I used CAPS in my thread title BECAUSE I CAN.
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/rules
I'll just leave this right here.

Oh, you mean this rule?

- ALL CAPS posting.

1. I was referring to the thread TITLE, not POST I left

and

2. There were CAPS in the initial POST, but IT WASN'T ALL CAPS.

See you next year.

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:17:17 Reply

At 2/24/10 09:15 PM, THEREINOTHINGTOEAT wrote:
At 2/24/10 09:07 PM, Corpus-Delicti wrote: '' <-------- This thing, right?

/sarcasm
thats an kwoatayshin marc stoopid kaka face

/sarcasm

I fucking know that shit dick

/sarcasm

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 21:17:47 Reply

At 2/24/10 09:16 PM, liljim wrote:
See you next year.

BRB; deleting everyone's account.


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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 22:11:43 Reply

I don't know why, but apostrophes are one of the things that annoy me the least. I'm actually more annoyed by "you're" and "your". As well as people who put everything in one block of text.


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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 22:16:35 Reply

You know what's kind of ironic?

lil'jim.

Hypocrite right hurr.

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 22:17:35 Reply

Oh, and I don't care if you can't use apostrophes in usernames because my point is still valid.

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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 22:17:49 Reply

At 2/24/10 09:05 PM, liljim wrote: P.S. I used CAPS in my thread title BECAUSE I CAN.

:(

P.S. Hope you get off the grumpy wagon soon maaan.


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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 22:22:34 Reply

I'm taking honors English classes in college, and the students that claim to be English majors still make basic errors like adding unnecessary plurals to "its" and don't seem to know how possessives work. Though I would expect high school students to have mastered the most fundamental rules of the English language, I can't say that I actually expect it.


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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 22:24:18 Reply

At 2/24/10 10:22 PM, Rabid-Echidna wrote:
Though I would expect high school students to have mastered the most fundamental rules of the English language, I can't say that I actually expect it.

Side note: Don't post on the BBS if you're not paying attention to what you're writing or your sentences might end up being completely nonsensical.


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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 22:25:37 Reply

In todays fast world who has time for punctuationinfactfuckspacesbetweenwordsa swell


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Response to APOSTROPHES 2010-02-24 22:27:17 Reply

is this an apostrophes? :


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