tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post6048036634381060451..comments2024-03-29T12:14:57.086+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Exclusively for apostrophe aficionados.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71295145023829938552016-04-19T04:41:16.775+01:002016-04-19T04:41:16.775+01:00If I could guarantee my knowledge, I'd join yo...If I could guarantee my knowledge, I'd join you. Good for you!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4386877291546664922016-04-19T04:40:31.694+01:002016-04-19T04:40:31.694+01:00I just enjoy being controversial.
I just enjoy being controversial.<br />Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-69456861622929053362016-04-19T04:39:26.651+01:002016-04-19T04:39:26.651+01:00I find "that" very "bizarre" t...I find "that" very "bizarre" too.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43131589521756220712016-04-18T23:03:16.348+01:002016-04-18T23:03:16.348+01:00I am on a quest to teach the world about punctuati...I am on a quest to teach the world about punctuation and everything else grammatical.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-85940907521659451942016-04-18T19:26:49.477+01:002016-04-18T19:26:49.477+01:00I am with you on the apostrophe. Not least because...I am with you on the apostrophe. Not least because father of son is a fully signed up (no, make that "sighed") member of the Keith Waterhouse fight on crimes against the apostophe.<br /><br />However, dear Cro, don't try to run before you can walk. What's it with the full stops at the end of your blog posts' headings? It's not correct. Don't argue. It's not correct.<br /><br />UAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-66633394446905207132016-04-18T18:52:27.627+01:002016-04-18T18:52:27.627+01:00Oh yes! Those errant speech marks. Somebody once w...Oh yes! Those errant speech marks. Somebody once wished me "Happy" Birthday in a card. I couldn't work out why they had put speech marks/quotation marks around "Happy". VERY bizarre!Fat Dormousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061838276997211115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76016400027780641462016-04-18T15:58:58.451+01:002016-04-18T15:58:58.451+01:00I was hoping to raise some blood pressure!I was hoping to raise some blood pressure!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65026717559998051052016-04-18T15:48:42.738+01:002016-04-18T15:48:42.738+01:00Oh I like the idea of whil'st! xOh I like the idea of whil'st! xlovelygreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864666054403517265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-10159584235148130852016-04-18T14:00:06.378+01:002016-04-18T14:00:06.378+01:00I could rant on and on about this, Cro. And don...I could rant on and on about this, Cro. And don't even get me started on quotation marks when nothing is being quoted!Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865639536906898385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-24398538148391901112016-04-18T13:09:32.559+01:002016-04-18T13:09:32.559+01:00I must admit to using it's instead of its on a...I must admit to using it's instead of its on a printed form. Only after the forms were distributed did I notice my silly mistake. Luckily no-one else did!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-69479570608938419602016-04-18T12:15:44.209+01:002016-04-18T12:15:44.209+01:00Drives me insane. I remember wanting to stop and s...Drives me insane. I remember wanting to stop and speak to the people who put up roadside advertising sign that said, "For Sale Poodle's". Were they selling something that belonged to the poodles? I admit to misusing "it's" until a university professor circled it on one of my papers in red and wrote a scathing explanation of how to use it properly. -Jenncoffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-47619387427281905842016-04-18T11:23:12.681+01:002016-04-18T11:23:12.681+01:00It's hilarious.It's hilarious.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86698701749052699822016-04-18T10:58:31.612+01:002016-04-18T10:58:31.612+01:00A greengrocer once saved the life of a king, and w...A greengrocer once saved the life of a king, and was granted a royal favour to use the apostrophe in anyway he wished, in perpetuity.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-48607237781047145902016-04-18T10:35:05.337+01:002016-04-18T10:35:05.337+01:00
I love the tattoo....must get one!!<br />I love the tattoo....must get one!!Gerry Snapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269492251928362799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82042937663038800722016-04-18T09:46:24.755+01:002016-04-18T09:46:24.755+01:00And one has to wonder why!And one has to wonder why!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65416185274561426512016-04-18T09:45:56.579+01:002016-04-18T09:45:56.579+01:00Auto correct/Spell check is responsible for a big ...Auto correct/Spell check is responsible for a big decline in people's ability to spell. Texting is even worse, with all its abbreviations.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18230369591483626842016-04-18T09:45:39.206+01:002016-04-18T09:45:39.206+01:00The Ancient and Royal Order of Greengrocer's i...The Ancient and Royal Order of Greengrocer's is the only sector of society who are allowed free and unfettered use of the apostrophe.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57493043764963879792016-04-18T09:43:50.858+01:002016-04-18T09:43:50.858+01:00English is a strange language, but wonderful once ...English is a strange language, but wonderful once we've learned its little nuances. <br />Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-85524516871287226622016-04-18T09:42:00.787+01:002016-04-18T09:42:00.787+01:00I had all those little things beaten into me as a ...I had all those little things beaten into me as a young child.... I'm sure I still make silly mistakes though.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-69217656019848423462016-04-18T09:39:25.994+01:002016-04-18T09:39:25.994+01:00We all make mistakes, but most of us know that we&...We all make mistakes, but most of us know that we've made them and correct ourselves. It's the curse of the computer age.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-81136898091693160442016-04-18T09:24:31.572+01:002016-04-18T09:24:31.572+01:00Touch typing and auto correct are making us forget...Touch typing and auto correct are making us forget grammar.<br /><br />Not a lot of people type in Hindi and Punbjabi, written using Devnagri and Gurmukhi scripts, so these languages are safe till now.KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778157916183036144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-52709129979948672442016-04-18T09:24:14.119+01:002016-04-18T09:24:14.119+01:00When in doubt leave it out was always my advice to...When in doubt leave it out was always my advice to my students. Once they had learned to do that then it was much easier to teach where it should go.<br />I have a friend who goes around chalk boards outside cafes rubbing out the apostrophes - esoecially on ice's!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34905852472165927062016-04-18T08:36:15.305+01:002016-04-18T08:36:15.305+01:00Its and it's......I spent a lot of time teachi...Its and it's......I spent a lot of time teaching my former students the difference..wonder if it made any difference? <br />ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74662238171426545902016-04-18T07:55:06.505+01:002016-04-18T07:55:06.505+01:00Lovelygrey: I know it isn't, but why don't... Lovelygrey: I know it isn't, but why don't we have 'whil'st'? pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13330454169481513242016-04-18T07:41:57.335+01:002016-04-18T07:41:57.335+01:00You know that post the other day that you wrote ab...You know that post the other day that you wrote about the things that make you irritable? I think that the only things that really get my goat are incorrect punctuation and spelling. Mind you if you look through my blog you could probably find a few examples. Typos become rife when I have my sleepy head on whilst writing!lovelygreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864666054403517265noreply@blogger.com