Yes @Annb, some local authorities have started omitting apostrophes from street names. May not matter to most of us, but it could be the thin end of a very big wedge. In the context of the written language, apostrophes have important functions.English is such a mixture of origins, dialects and accents, it becomes a great deal of fun working out where words come from, where they are now, and where they are heading in the future. Even more fun when you add in the puzzles of archaic characters like the thorn (þ) or wynn (ƿ), and the development of punctuation from the point where the Greeks and Romans didn't even use spaces between their words to the point where some people put in apostrophes in the wrong places because they don't understand what they are there for. Next thing will be that the apostrophe is faded out, apparently, but I would be sad to see it go, it is the source of much fun.
Apostrophes are my nemesis.Yes @Annb, some local authorities have started omitting apostrophes from street names. May not matter to most of us, but it could be the thin end of a very big wedge. In the context of the written language, apostrophes have important functions.
No problem. I am a fan of Dr Johnson though, and have quite gone off these new-fangled dictionaries with all their weird and wonderful expressions which they consider to be acceptable English.You're certainly not alone @Annb
The Guardian (nicknamed affectionately as Grauniad) is well known for its spelling slip-ups and typos.
The Oxford dictionary and the Cambridge dictionary list the corrrect spellings without an extra 'U'. Sorry.
That very much depends on whether you regard "typo" as a word in its own right or as a contraction of "typographical error". I imagine that, these days, it is regarded as a word. Therefore - no apostrophe. Another one of the ways in which this odd language develops.Apostrophes are my nemesis.
I love them and I make mistakes left and right with them.
Writing in both Dutch and English, I'm worse than I used to be because by now I'm in doubt in both languages. The rules make perfect sense and then I fail to apply the rules and get all confused.
There might be a task for you here, @LivingLightly , I haven't 'made' a picture in a long time after all, time to move on to the next subject to drill into me?
(Sorry @RosemaryJackson , this is exactly what happens when you start us on linguistics, we can't help ourselves. This of course includes @MrsA2 and her typing, it's not about typos (which would be typo's with the apostrophe in Dutch) at all!)
Don't be sorry. It's really all just a game and a bit of fun. At least, it is for me.The problem with the written word is that one can't hear how it is said. I read it as slightly patronising but obviously it wasn't, so allI can say is sorry.
Yes, no apologies necessary @RosemaryJackson. We understand completely.The problem with the written word is that one can't hear how it is said. I read it as slightly patronising but obviously it wasn't, so allI can say is sorry.
Final note on this:No problem. I am a fan of Dr Johnson though, and have quite gone off these new-fangled dictionaries with all their weird and wonderful expressions which they consider to be acceptable English..
You know you can turn off this annoying meddling habit on all your devices, right?NOTE: This site disapproves though and is underlining the word.
I didn't know that and I don't know how to do it anyway. Must ask Neil.You know you can turn off this annoying meddling habit on all your devices, right?
It's the first thing I do whenever I buy a new computer or phone because I find it impossible to read my text back with those lines amphasising random words. It messes with the rhythm of whatever it is you are writing.
I also rather own up to my mistakes, and I very much dislike machines telling me what to do. Which is one of the reasons I do not want an insulin pump.
We'll just have to agree to differ on his on this one @Annb.Final note on this:
Brian Collins, BA in Linguistics & Slavic Languages, University of Washington, on Quora.com (https://www.quora.com/) says regarding humorous v humourous -
“A dumb rule that some authors used to use back in the 19th Century:
This rule stopped being applied consistently in the 19th Century, and now all British dictionaries prescribe colourification. However, humour-humor, oddly was fossilised.”
- spell it “our” if it has a French or native Germanic suffix (humourless, humours, colourable)
- spell it “or” if it has a Latin or Greek suffix (humorous, humorist, colorification)
I agree with him that it is a dumb rule, which is why I don't follow it.
I'm not a fan of those "new-fangled" dictionaries either @Annb. That is something we can certainly agree on.No problem. I am a fan of Dr Johnson though, and have quite gone off these new-fangled dictionaries with all their weird and wonderful expressions which they consider to be acceptable English.
From what you have told us @cdpm, it sounds as though food prices are generally higher in Canada than here in the UK.Cottage cheese.
And hoping to afford some more
As 1 carton takes nearly 2 days of my food money but only last 1 day.
It all depends on if I have to buy it for 6 dollars or if I can find 1 for 4 dollars.
(Posted here today as I said more than what I ate).
Oh that is very restrained, sharing a single scoop of icecreamB: 2 cold sausages
90 minute dog walk
L: burrata (a type of mozzarella cheese) with tomatoes and salad sat watching the boats and activity on a sunny estuary. 6 chips form hubby and son's plate. Drank only soda water!
Later, a single scoop ocecream shared between 3 of us!
D: 3 chicken drumsticks and tender stem broccoli with butter. A third of a chocolate protoen "pudding" with double cream. 1 small glass wine
Trouble is it's 23:30 and I'm very hungry.
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