Believe me when I say that you've never experienced pedantry until you've debated the finer points of grammar and punctuation with other copy editors.
I prefer the S but don't have strong feelings one way or the other, except Jesus and Moses are almost always made possessive without the extra S no matter which grammar maven you ask. What really gets my dander up is when people use apostrophes haphazardly because they don't remember or never learned how to form plurals in grade school.
When I posted this I thought "this one's for Shauna"... I prefer the apostrophe s too and actually did use it to be contentious in a response brief to the court of appeals. the appellate was merely using the apostrophe when referring the defendant's cocaine.
Jesus' loves you anyway and i'm wondering what effect will affect us...i can't wait to actually read the link if it ever comes up on my computer that supposedly has a hugely corporately massive network type full on IT department and everything all-the-time connection to the internet and the world of ether and all that jazz
they shoulda named him John Paul George and Ringo 'Steven's, though i gue's's he's too old for hi's folk's to have known
i admit, i was expecting photo's of the prairie
maybe he 'should change his name, for effect
if the 'supreme court make's a deci'sion, won't we 'still believe thi's i's ju'st a ca'se of the court getting di'stracted by detail's that are fun to argue in'stead of paying attention to what's important?
I think that this calls for all the supreme court justices to attend a seminar on basic English grammar...I wonder if Clarence THomas knew he was viewed as a role model for the millions of children who grow up with the stigma of grammatical ambiguity attached to their names...I wonder what Jesus' thoughts are on Clarence THomas's English teacher
anytime you find an appellant you will find an appellee and we argue with each other to the appellate. the appellant is mad at a decision and the appellee is happy about a decision and the appellate listens to the two arguing in writing and orally and then decides the fate of someone who isn't in the room.
thank you, that explanation makes me want to write a quick story in the style you have demonstrated, and i think your demonstration was wonderful, by the way
does any of the oral stuff include lollipops? everything oral goes better with cherry lollipops
I wouldn't think that they would get the special treatment since it's sort of a sacred thing for the real Jesus and Moses-- like adulterating their names would be sacrilegious.
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Believe me when I say that you've never experienced pedantry until you've debated the finer points of grammar and punctuation with other copy editors.
I prefer the S but don't have strong feelings one way or the other, except Jesus and Moses are almost always made possessive without the extra S no matter which grammar maven you ask. What really gets my dander up is when people use apostrophes haphazardly because they don't remember or never learned how to form plurals in grade school.
When I posted this I thought "this one's for Shauna"...
I prefer the apostrophe s too and actually did use it to be contentious in a response brief to the court of appeals. the appellate was merely using the apostrophe when referring the defendant's cocaine.
Jesus' loves you anyway and i'm wondering what effect will affect us...i can't wait to actually read the link if it ever comes up on my computer that supposedly has a hugely corporately massive network type full on IT department and everything all-the-time connection to the internet and the world of ether and all that jazz
what's an appellate? some kind of small fruit?
they shoulda named him John Paul George and Ringo 'Steven's, though i gue's's he's too old for hi's folk's to have known
i admit, i was expecting photo's of the prairie
maybe he 'should change his name, for effect
if the 'supreme court make's a deci'sion, won't we 'still believe thi's i's ju'st a ca'se of the court getting di'stracted by detail's that are fun to argue in'stead of paying attention to what's important?
I think that this calls for all the supreme court justices to attend a seminar on basic English grammar...I wonder if Clarence THomas knew he was viewed as a role model for the millions of children who grow up with the stigma of grammatical ambiguity attached to their names...I wonder what Jesus' thoughts are on Clarence THomas's English teacher
speaking of mistakes... I should have said "appellant" instead of appellate...also, i'm always using the wrong "effect"
what's an appellant? something that gets rid of lawyers?
anytime you find an appellant you will find an appellee and we argue with each other to the appellate. the appellant is mad at a decision and the appellee is happy about a decision and the appellate listens to the two arguing in writing and orally and then decides the fate of someone who isn't in the room.
thank you, that explanation makes me want to write a quick story in the style you have demonstrated, and i think your demonstration was wonderful, by the way
does any of the oral stuff include lollipops? everything oral goes better with cherry lollipops
What about Jesus Martinez or Grandma Moses?
I wouldn't think that they would get the special treatment since it's sort of a sacred thing for the real Jesus and Moses-- like adulterating their names would be sacrilegious.
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