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Originally posted by Bardock42
I notice something, you are too stupid to use the correct plural of the word sofa.

Thanks for noticing, but you missed the point of that post, thilly. tongue2

Originally posted by Strangelove
People need to realize that using an apostrophe denotes possession, not a plural.

I know this...its called a mistake. I make more than punctuation mistakes...I make spelling mistakes, parallelism mistakes, subject-verb agreement mistakes, etc. I must say, other than when you are drunk, your posts look fine. hmm

Originally posted by Robtard
Possessive.

plural possessive. 😉

Steven's = Steven is

Stevens' = ?

Stevens = ?

Originally posted by Heat_Vision
Steven's = Steven is

Stevens' = ?

Stevens = ?

Steven's = a possessive form of "Steven". You would put it like so: "Is that Steven's book?"

Stevens' = Plural form of Steven. It is an illogical use of the name Steven unless you are referring to a group of "Stevens" in a possessive manner. You would say something like (Referring to the Stevens brothers): "No, that is the Stevens' business and it is very profitable."

Stevens = A plural form of the name "Steven". Used like so: "The Stevens brothers are very successful."

I thought the apostrophe before the s denoted a combination of words with is, us, etc.

Originally posted by Heat_Vision
I thought the apostrophe before the s denoted a combination of words with is, us, etc.

That's true...and those are called contractions.

Is not =Isn't

Have not = Haven't

Steven's does not= Steven's Though you here some people make that contraction like so: "I heard that Steven's going to the store. I "hear" that a contraction like that is improper. It is used in the South and in the Southwest by country folk. (Strangely, I live in Oklahoma where people really do talk like that. 😆 )

Originally posted by dadudemon

plural possessive. 😉

If Jesus had a cup, you'd say "Jesus' cup", which wouldn't be plural of Jesus. So it isn't always the case.

Is that Jesus's cup? I live in Texas so maybe that explains some of my confusion. 😉

Aren't we all taught this early on in school? It's very frustrating to see adults failing at grammar. There shouldn't be any excuse to get such things wrong if English is your first language nahuh

Originally posted by Syren
Aren't we all taught this early on in school? It's very frustrating to see adults failing at grammar. There shouldn't be any excuse to get such things wrong if English is your first language nahuh

Originally posted by Syren
Aren't we all taught this early on in school? It's very frustrating to see adults failing at grammar. There shouldn't be any excuse to get such things wrong if English is your first language nahuh

Give us the lesson then.

Originally posted by Syren
Aren't we all taught this early on in school? It's very frustrating to see adults failing at grammar. There shouldn't be any excuse to get such things wrong if English is your first language nahuh

So you got a perfect score on both English portions of the ACT?

Originally posted by dadudemon
So you got a perfect score on both English portions of the ACT?

Syren's British, cretin.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
Syren's British, cretin.

Really, dipshit? Shouldn't you have an equivalent test in the UK?

Originally posted by dadudemon
Really, dipshit? Shouldn't you have an equivalent test in the UK?

To get into university? No, We have A levels for that.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
To get into university? No, We have A levels for that.

hmm

You forgot to put a hyphen between the "A" and the word "levels".

Also, I already knew the answer to my question.

I was hoping you'd mention GCSEs.

Originally posted by dadudemon
hmm

You forgot to put a hyphen between the "A" and the word "levels".

Also, I already knew the answer to my question.

I was hoping you'd mention GCSEs.

Forgetting to include a hyphen isn't exactly a grammatical 'crime', and as the official government website doesn't put a hyphen between the two words, neither will I .

GCSEs have very little to do with getting into university. You could get into quite a few with no GCSEs.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
Forgetting to include a hyphen isn't exactly a grammatical 'crime', and as the official government website doesn't put a hyphen between the two words, neither will I .

That is not the point.

You also put one too many spaces between your last word "I" and your period.

Also, "A-Level" is not two words. "Advanced Level" is two words. The "A" is an abbreviation of "Advanced". (Meaning, you are not using the article adjective "a" to modify the noun "level".)

Also, putting apostrophe's around the word "crime" is not the appropriate way to quote. Quotation marks are used. The time to employ apostrophe's as a means of quoting is inside of a quote.

I hope you don't mistake my intentions for doing this for the wrong reasons.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
GCSEs have very little to do with getting into university. You could get into quite a few with no GCSEs.

They are the only thing equivalent that I can think of. I am not very familiar with your education system and general requirements.

Originally posted by dadudemon
That is not the point.

You also put one too many spaces between your last word "I" and your period.

Also, "A-Level" is not two words. "Advanced Level" is two words. The "A" is an abbreviation of "Advanced".

Also, putting apostrophe's around the word "crime" is not the appropriate way to quote. Quotation marks are used. The time to employ apostrophe's as a means of quoting is inside of a quote.

I hope you don't mistake my intentions for doing this for the wrong reasons.

So why didn't you phrase it as American College Testing? You'd have probably spotted your flaw if you even knew what it was an abbreviation of.

Yeah, I use apostrophes as speech marks on here sometimes. I wouldn't really regard it as a grammatical error, but as a difference in my syntax through choice.

Originally posted by dadudemon
They are the only thing equivalent that I can think of. I am not very familiar with your education system and general requirements.

Then perhaps you shouldn't have bothered commenting, as you are obviously only aware of your own country's education methods. Though to be honest, as you seemingly don't know what the abbreviations are for, it would seem you don't even know that much.

Giggles.

I'm not sure one who makes up words and then uses them in written conversations as though they are part of an actual language is in any position to dispense grammatical critiques.