The apostrophe

Cycsk

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Does the logo have the official spelling of "Cyclonefanatic?"

If so, I've been misspelling it as "CycloneFanatic" for years! :eek:
 
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I'm beginning to think how to use an apostrophe is no longer taught in school or a lot of people missed school that day.


A few examples:

"The Yoda's wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!"

And cards addressed to "The Vader's" (The Vader's home? the Vader's kids, the Vader's dog, the Vader's light saber? Or is it addressed to The Vader Is?)

Sign outside a business: "Light saber's for sale" (Do they have 1 light saber for sale? Or does the light saber possess something else for sale?)

Keeping up with the Jones's (with the Jones's what??) - sorry, couldn't think of a Star Wars related example for that one

:D:p

It's not that they don't teach that **** in school. A lot of kids just have their heads up their asses for most of the day. I think it's always been that way. Yes, even back in the good old days. It's a loose loose for the teachers.
 
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Is the apostrophe catastrophe just a sliver of a larger education catastrophe which in turn may be leading to a computerization-driven thinking catastrophe? Are we losing (loosing!) our ability to think? To write? To count correct change? To interact effectively and compassionately with our fellow man? Even to look him directly in the eye?
 
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ISUTex

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Is the apostrophe catastrophe just a sliver of a larger education catastrophe which in turn may be leading to a computerization-driven thinking catastrophe? Are we losing (loosing!) our ability to think? To write? To count correct change? To interact effectively and compassionately with our fellow man? Even to look him directly in the eye?

I predict in 100 years we will be back to a grunting based language and hieroglyphics (emojis). That or robots will have killed off our dumb asses.
 

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Does the logo have the official spelling of "Cyclonefanatic?"

If so, I've been misspelling it as "CycloneFanatic" for years! :eek:
No problem.
 

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Should be addressed: The Vaderses. :)
Should be "The Yodas' wish you..." or "The Yoda family wishes you..."

If it's only one Yoda, then it's "The Yoda's wish is to wish you..." or "Yoda wishes you..."

This is only one of the many reasons why I preferred math over grammar.

BTW, not only do my grandkids struggle with the intersections of grammar and cell phones; they can't read or write cursive either.
 
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The ' should be removed from the english language. I have an ' in my name. I'ts a pain in the arse. everything is in a database, looking up loans, credit, banking for example, is it:

O'Tool
O Tool
Otool
O tool
O'tool

And there are probaly others. but I'm forever in the "Try This" mode.
 

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It's not that they don't teach that **** in school. A lot of kids just have their heads up their asses for most of the day. I think it's always been that way. Yes, even back in the good old days. It's a loose loose for the teachers.
That's a loose teacher, bet that teacher is a loser for not teaching the english language.
 
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Apostrophes ARE used to show possession in English. So, it's natural that people want to put one in the possessive "its" (and even "theirs").

You are right that addressing something to a family requires no apostrophe since you are addressing the family and not their house, residence, or address.

Now, you see a lot of those wooden logs carved up with names like "Doodiddler's" on them to indicate that it's the Doodiddlers' property.

However, putting the apostrophe before the "s" indicates that the joint is owned and/ by only one Doodiddler. If there's more than one, the name should read "Doodiddlers'".
 

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The ' should be removed from the english language. I have an ' in my name. I'ts a pain in the arse. everything is in a database, looking up loans, credit, banking for example, is it:

O'Tool
O Tool
Otool
O tool
O'tool

And there are probaly others. but I'm forever in the "Try This" mode.
That has to be frustrating!

You’re the Last Name version of the Year 2000.

Computers can’t handle the ‘
 

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Texting shorthand and lazy grammar is to blame for some of this.
Texting and auto correct. It’s the same problem when people use the wrong words but are spelled correctly like there, your, where, to, etc.
 

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