tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post6303648843881174420..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Apostrophes to the gallant apostrophePeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-19578225825228686372009-04-24T12:03:00.000+12:002009-04-24T12:03:00.000+12:00And extra points to PC for use of the other meanin...And extra points to PC for use of the other meaning of apostrophe.<br /><br />On movie names, you might remember "Eight Legged Freaks". Oh No! Eight freaks with legs!Lyndonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622953598107216261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-55108738358344721432009-04-24T02:07:00.000+12:002009-04-24T02:07:00.000+12:00Remember the criminal who prayed that the judge wa...Remember the criminal who prayed that the judge was sober enough to place the comma on the sentence of his sentence in the right place?<br /><br />"Hang him not, free him" or<br />"Hang him, not free him"Mr Bojangleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936269017803358208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-36944409630453255402009-04-23T18:50:00.000+12:002009-04-23T18:50:00.000+12:00NSW hasn't formally banned the humble apostrophe f...NSW hasn't formally banned the humble apostrophe from placenames, but the standard policy of the Geographical Names Board says: <br /><br />"The possessive form should be avoided whenever possible without destroying the sound of the name or changing its descriptive application e.g. Howes<br />Valley should be written without the apostrophe."<br /><br />So, we have a de facto prohibition of punctuation.<br /><br />(http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/_media/gnb/pdf/P06_18_0009i_guidelines_determing_placenames_final.pdf)Justinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-22384380724449320682009-04-23T16:18:00.000+12:002009-04-23T16:18:00.000+12:00If you mentioned that a kiwi eats roots and leaves...<I>If you mentioned that a kiwi eats roots and leaves, you’d simply be stating a fact.</I>An incorrect fact (as long as we're being pedantic) as kiwis actually eat small invertebrates, seeds, grubs, and many varieties of worms, as well as fruit, small crayfish, eels and amphibians.<br /><br />:-)Luke Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929408708481681826noreply@blogger.com