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.
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2006 7:04:25 am PDT #4942 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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?
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 23, 2006 7:14:18 am PDT #4951 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And here's a table that gives you the current equivalent for pre-1996 SAT scores. (My math score went down! No fair.)
I'm more depressed by the 50 point upward curve my verbal score translates to than the 10 point drop in math. Yeah, it was hard to score that high and only one other student in my graduating class did so, but we did actually make mistakes and earn the less-than-perfect score. How low are they going to adjust the bar?