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We donut halfve one heer in Iawo Normally I ask WTF is (fill in the blank)... but my googler couldn't dig up anything on my Commodore. *Comondroar5'
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It, the greengrocer's apostrophe, doesn't bother me quite as much as those who post here without knowing when, or how, to use the return key to make a proper paragraph.
Some of those rate a triple Sheesh even.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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I have bigger fish to fry.
Sam......
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I'm commatized by this thread. I may need to go on instagram to seek solace.
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On the day Desert Storm began.
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Making up gibberish words under the guise of the Portmanteau. Can’t stand it.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Making up gibberish words under the guise of the Portmanteau. Can’t stand it. That's some kind of piece of furniture, no??? 
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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My biggest concern is with the Oxford comma and failure to use it. So there. Its an existential threat.
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Making up gibberish words under the guise of the Portmanteau. Can’t stand it. That's some kind of piece of furniture, no??? that or maybe some kind of luggage for women?
Sam......
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Not plural - the one I always have to think about is it's or its. One is possessive, one is a contraction. One of them breaks the normal rules of apostrophes. They aren't interchangeable.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
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Making up gibberish words under the guise of the Portmanteau. Can’t stand it. That's some kind of piece of furniture, no??? that or maybe some kind of luggage for women? It’s a comedython!
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Whaaa?
I like the asparagu’s and avocado’s; haven’t tried an apostrophe’s.
Must not be in season’s. (Note Return’s key action for Geno’s)
Let's Go Brandon! FJB
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Making up gibberish words under the guise of the Portmanteau. Can’t stand it. That's some kind of piece of furniture, no??? that or maybe some kind of luggage for women? It’s a comedython! All I know is it sounds Frenchy, and we all know we don't like the French around here.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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All I know is it sounds Frenchy,
and we all know we don't like the French around here. Are the French Jews?
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They’re mostly mutts. Been conquered and bred by many. Magyars, Romans, Vikings, Germans, Muslims.
C’est la vie
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These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
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Making up gibberish words under the guise of the Portmanteau. Can’t stand it. You seem commatized. We should get some lawyers for a class action lawsuit.
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They’re mostly mutts. Been conquered and bred by many. Magyars, Romans, Vikings, Germans, Muslims.
C’est la vie Ah, mais oui! But, they love to maintain their "Frenchness"
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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The apostrophe catastrophe.
Pluralizing with an apostrophe is just wrong. This being English, however, there are exceptions. One is with single digits; i.e, my phone number has two 8's.
This being the Campfire, these little lessons will have no effect. Pluralizing single digits has been out of favor for some time - your phone number should have two 8s.
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
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I'm glad for that, JOG. All my style manuals (I count 14 of them here on my shelf) show the old way. They - and I - are old as well.
The Oxford comma, otherwise known as the serial comma, is for strings of objects. Example: My sandwich is peanut butter, jelly, and banana. Those who would leave out the comma after jelly would imply that the two were somehow combined.
The classic is the marvelous book title "Eats, shoots & leaves" Which is a grammar book that's delightful and funny to read. The title is about pandas, who are thus said to eat before they shoot something and depart. It's by Lynne Truss. Commas, apostrophes, and semi-colons become fun.
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This thread is so boring I'm in danger of becoming commatose!
Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!
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