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A serious punctuation problem

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Silvery, Oct 2, 2010.

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  1. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/tees/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9024000/9024426.stmThis is obviously a life threatening problem. A direct quote from the chairman shows exactly how these things threaten our existence:
    The apostrophe is clearly under threat of extinction. Is there some kind of 'red-list' we could add it to?
     
    Silvery, Oct 2, 2010
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  2. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    I don't understand why people find it so hard to use apostrophes properly.
     
    Harbourboy, Oct 3, 2010
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  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Its a mistery.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 3, 2010
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    Tal is right! It's mystery's like thi's that somebody need's to solve. It drive's me completely cra'zy!
     
    starfox64, Oct 3, 2010
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    I love the fact that there is a society to protect it. I think we need more of these. I recommend Nakia be put in charge of the "rogue vs. rouge" society and I would like to be in charge of the "lose vs. loose" group. :)

    My motto will be "Your pants become loose when you lose weight"
     
    The Great Snook, Oct 3, 2010
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  6. Montresor

    Montresor Mostly Harmless Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder

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    [​IMG] Who says apostrophe's are on they're way out?
     
    Montresor, Oct 3, 2010
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  7. Gaear

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    there are other irritating punctuation issues running rampant today too like lack of capitalization and run on sentences or even lack of any punctuation at all and I think that these should be stopped and also it is really wrong that people even care because its like no big deal and anyone who thinks it matters needs to get a life lol
     
    Gaear, Oct 3, 2010
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  8. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Kitrax, Oct 3, 2010
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    I'm just amaze that a lot of people from English speaking countries still don't know when to use 'than' and 'then'.
     
    nior, Oct 4, 2010
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  10. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    'Of' and 'Off' are my bugbears!
     
    Silvery, Oct 4, 2010
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  11. Splunge

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    I’d rather use “than” than “then”, unless “then” is better than “than”; then I prefer “then” over “than”.
     
    Splunge, Oct 4, 2010
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  12. T2Bruno

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    I usually get into trouble by confusing words around -- words that are not related at all. For example, I got into trouble when I mistakenly used less than complimentary name for a part of female anatomy instead of my ex's name ... a lot.
     
    T2Bruno, Oct 4, 2010
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  13. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    My mother was signed a letter with 'Yours Faithfukky' instead of 'Faithfully'. However, that was just a typo (I think) :lol:
     
    Silvery, Oct 4, 2010
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  14. 8people

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    [​IMG] Worse when you sign off as "Regards" and realise just a second too late how close 'g' and 't' are on the keyboard.
     
    8people, Oct 4, 2010
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  15. Barmy Army

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    But it's remarkable how often those 2 words are interchangable on the end of work emails....
     
    Barmy Army, Oct 4, 2010
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  16. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Where I work, 'retards' is more fitting most of the time...especially when dealing with my immediate supervisor. :bang:
     
    Kitrax, Oct 5, 2010
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    There comes a time when I wished 'w' and 'b' where next to each other on the keyboard when typing 'witch'.
     
    nior, Oct 5, 2010
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  18. Shoshino

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    tell me about it
     
    Shoshino, Oct 6, 2010
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  19. Susipaisti

    Susipaisti Maybe if I just sleep... Veteran

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    When people type "should of," "might of," and so on, it boggles the mind.
     
    Susipaisti, Oct 7, 2010
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  20. nior Gems: 24/31
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    You mean like...

    The might of one man should often not be underestimated.
     
    nior, Oct 8, 2010
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