Official DU apostrophe donation thread for member(s) in need.

[rzemanfl]

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Some people already seem to have many more than they need.

[rzemanfl]

7. I was wrong. We need a DU Apostrophe EXCHANGE!

Thank you.

[TwilightZone]

9. An apostrophe buy-back program.

[rzemanfl]

12. An exchange isn't like a gun show. Good idea though. n/t

[Kali]

16. you can say that again. you can say it lot's and lot's of time's

[leftieNanner]

2. This Drives me CRAZY!

There are just heap's and heap's of thing's that shouldn't have multitude's of apostrophe's in them.

I thank's you.

[Skittles]

15. it's DRIVE'S ME, leftieNanner

GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!!

[rzemanfl]

17. All the fun people are here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Skittles]

22. HERES SKITTLE'S

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Harker]

37. May I have a couple red one's, please? n/t

[leftieNanner]

18. Well, for land's sake's

Error's error's in so many place's.

[Midnightwalk]

3. Whats your problem?

Youre suggesting theres some problem but Ive never had a problem with my apostrophe’s or with any other punctuation Cant we learn to live and let live Theres one of the motto’s Im alway’s trying to follow

[rzemanfl]

6. I's laughing. n/t

[TwilightZone]

4. The opposite might be more appropriate.

In my experience, people tend to use too many and not too few.

Even nationally-known political cartoonists.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212083249

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. When to use an apostrophy....

Use an apostrophe to indicate ownership by a proper noun. An apostrophe with an "s" after a proper noun indicates that the person, place or thing owns whatever noun follows his or her name. For example, "Mary's lemons." We know the lemons belong to Mary because of the 's. Other examples include "China's foreign policy" and "the orchestra's conductor." Ownership with certain proper noun...

or the Pos's ...whatever...just sometimes typing so fast even my spelling suffers...let me apologize in advance …..

[TwilightZone]

8. It doesn't even need to be a proper noun.

From your examples, "orchestra" isn't a proper noun.

[rzemanfl]

10. Whose orchestra are you calling improper? n/t

[forgotmylogin]

11. The speakers. (n/t)

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. I was reading some results of blood tests yesterday.

Some of the more arcane results actually had apostrophes in the numerical results, such as 10'6. I had no idea what that meant and, to be honest, no idea what was being tested in these cases. Didn't bother to look it up.

I found it very annoying.

[Iggo]

14. I think we have way more apostrophe's than we need.

Know'm say'n?

[ProudLib72]

19. I dont want any apes of strophe or any other kind's of apes!

You keep your damned apes to yourself!

Lets talk about parenthesis next... I HATE parent theses! You parents let your kid's write their own damned theses!

[rzemanfl]

20. Okay Charlton Heston. Calm down.

Nice apostrophe BTW.

[rurallib]

21. No, I say, we should discuss, 'comma's - too common?'

[ProudLib72]

23. You mean like in that Smiths song?

Girlfriend in a comma. Maibe we shud talk abowt spelin.

[Brother Buzz]

24. I'm totally into the ellipsis these days...

But if I decide to expand my campaign, I may need an apostrophe to make my ellipsis plural...

[rzemanfl]

29. Funny................................................................

I'm sure you grok this thread has an ulterior motive.

[LuckyCharms]

25. I'm not sure I understand this threa'd.

[rzemanfl]

32. Your signature line suggests you are toying with me. n/t

[PoliticAverse]

26. I'v'e g'o't e'x't'r'a's t'o d'o'n'a't'e. n't

[rzemanfl]

33. P'h'i'l'a'n't'h'r'o'p'i'c of U.

[applegrove]

27. I'm dyslexic and as I age I have more senior moments. Am I one of the

subjects of this thread?

[rzemanfl]

31. That would be ageist. n/t

[applegrove]

34. I mean to laugh at myself.

[rzemanfl]

35. You can, for me to would be ageist, some say.

Check UR PMs.

[TexasTowelie]

28. Im late to this thread, but it isnt that I dont care.

[rzemanfl]

30. OMG! n/t

[Harker]

36. Thank's from the Harker's. n/t

[Lady Freedom Returns]

38. Here's some.

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[Wounded Bear]

39. Available on Amazon, right next to the Oxford commas...

[rzemanfl]

40. I detest the Oxford comma. However, this makes a case for it-

"On his trip he met Nelson Mandella, a 900 year-old demigod and an avid collector of dildos."

Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer's English

[ariadne0614]

41. Has your heart softened toward the unfairly traduced punctuation? n/t

[rzemanfl]

43. Not using it is a hard habit to break. n/t

[area51]

42. When you know your shit ....

[cynatnite]

44. I'll trade you for several ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, n/t