Comments on: Apostrophic flow chart

By: Goannatree

Goannatree — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:55:48 +0000

Nathan, where did you get this from originally? I can't find the attribution link and i'd like to look at some of their other stuff. thanks.

By: St. Eutychus » On for young and old

St. Eutychus » On for young and old — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:31:14 +0000

[...] I’m friends with some of her friends on Facebook. And they’re all like “OMG, OMG!!! I’d totally die without my phone? I totes* need to update my Facebook Status with every meaningless thought” and “where’s my pancakes?”… though that’s sans punctuation including apostrophes. Because they don’t know how to use them. [...]

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:42:36 +0000

I would think they are talking about 1990 – because Hammer pants weren't around for that much longer…

Also, the apostrophe after the s rule is not actually a hard and fast rule. It could be 90s's and still be correct.

Gordon,

There are a few more bits to the flow chart if you follow the link… but I would point out that for consistent use of the apostrophe in DVDs it should be D'V'D's. And that's not pretty, nor does it fit with any rules for acronymising words…

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:34:38 +0000

There's an error on that flow chart.

It should be "90s' fashion" not "90's fashion" UNLESS you are talking about the specific year 1990, rather than the entire decade. But it's probably in reference to the decade, in which case it's denoting a plural -hence "90s"- and then a possessive of that plural, hence "90s' ".

By: queenstuss

queenstuss — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:09:22 +0000

The English language is far too stressful.

By: Gordon Cheng

Gordon Cheng — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:55:13 +0000

But the rule "Is it indicating possession? Use an apostrophe" is not sufficiently qualified in this chart.

So following that rule, I would right "hi's apostrophic flow chart didn't contain enough qualifications to make it's meaning accurate or clear."

Also, I quite like signs advertising "CD's and DVD's" because they remind me that the letters 'isc' have been omitted.