I see "it's" and "its" being misused everywhere, including in the scholarly pubs I edit, and it drives me mad. Haven't yet seen ,,,,,, for which I am grateful.
We'll be in our bunk.
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Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Oct 23, 2006 7:01:58 am PDT #4941 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2006 7:04:25 am PDT #4942 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Something I see so often that I start to question my own understanding--it's the 80s, right? Not the 80's? That apostrophe keeps popping up when whatever's being pluralised seems a little outside the norm. ICBM's, and all that.
tommyrot - Oct 23, 2006 7:07:43 am PDT #4943 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Something I see so often that I start to question my own understanding--it's the 80s, right? Not the 80's?
Yes. I actually used to do it the wrong way, but I stopped after someone pointed it out here.
If you want to get anal, it should really be '80s. (The apostrophe replaces what's missing from the year.)
Laura - Oct 23, 2006 7:09:52 am PDT #4944 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Much of my email comes from physicians. Grammar apparently is not a required course in medical school.
A frequent trash item in my mailbox the last couple weeks has 'serious letter you must to read' as the subject. Cracks me up every time.
I am not the queen of the properly placed comma, but I try to proof at least once before I hit send. Not here so much as with business stuff.
eta: I don't know what she is coughing about,,,,
megan walker - Oct 23, 2006 7:10:48 am PDT #4945 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
it's the 80s, right? Not the 80's
Well the Chicago MoS and MLA format would say that in fact it's the '80s.
ETA: Anal x-post!
Topic!Cindy - Oct 23, 2006 7:12:09 am PDT #4946 of 10001
What is even happening?
I don't put an apostrophe in things like 80s. I see it so often though, that now and then, I'll wonder if there isn't a case to be made for it when it's arguably possessive (e.g. 80's fashion = fashion belonging to the 1980s). Then, however, I think, "Well, that should be '80s' fashion', shouldn't it," and then I remember the apostrophe belongs at the front, as tommyrot mentions, and go back to abusing commas, which is the purpose for which God made me.
Laura - Oct 23, 2006 7:12:24 am PDT #4947 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
That one I see too often both ways to notice anymore. DVD's or DVDs? Neither hurts my eyes.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 23, 2006 7:12:57 am PDT #4948 of 10001
What is even happening?
Grammer*cough*
flea - Oct 23, 2006 7:13:36 am PDT #4949 of 10001
information libertarian
I thought God made Cindy for the long rambly paragraphs of run-on sentences that change their minds mid-clause.
Jesse - Oct 23, 2006 7:13:55 am PDT #4950 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In news about me, I'm still not feeling great, and now I've eaten an entire sleeve of saltines. What should I do for lunch?