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.
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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.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 23, 2006 7:12:09 am PDT #4946 of 10001
What is even happening?
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?
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2006 7:14:19 am PDT #4952 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ginger ale.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 23, 2006 7:14:26 am PDT #4953 of 10001
What is even happening?
I thought God made Cindy for the long rambly paragraphs of run-on sentences that change their minds mid-clause.Only to show-case my mad comma-insertion skillz!
Jesse - Oct 23, 2006 7:15:56 am PDT #4954 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ginger ale.
I had that too. Good times. I feel like I should point out that I'm neither pregnant nor hung over, because this is so unlike me. I was thinking about a turkey sandwich, but I've basically already had a meal's worth of cracker calories, which confuses me now.
Jessica - Oct 23, 2006 7:16:51 am PDT #4955 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've typed ,,, instead of proper ellipses before, but I always at least try to correct it before posting/sending! It's an understandable typo, but it looks wrong enough that I can't imagine not catching it.