I'm sorry. The rant you just planned out is for not. I know the apostrophe in the title is misplace. However, if, for some reason, the title did not make your blood boil, this thread may be important.
Why is the apostrophe so misused today? Why is it that people insist on ignorance of this important part of grammar? I've been seeing it more and more. Why? Is it because of the internet? What can we do to help this little punctuation mark? Does it even matter? I have decided to place this in World Events rather then The Tavern as the apostrophe suffers ignorance on a global scale.
FAQ:
I know not the way's of the apostrophe's, will you please teach me?
I would be happy to. (Deliberate misuse of apostrophes in the quote.)
You do know that by trying to protect it you are only halting the evolution of language, right?
If language is evolving into a repulsively nonsensical mass of words and pictograms, I say halt it.
I agree with you, but what can I do about it?
Correct it. Ask store owners to change their signs. lead a protest. Create pointless forum threads. In short, be a general nuisance to the point that people around you find themselves better off using the apostrophe correctly rather then dealing with you, but not to the point you get punched in the face.
So, if you agree that we should try to help the apostrophe I'd love to know. If you think it's a waste of time, that's even better, as I would love to debate this with you.
People that use poor grammar and language just piss me off. I can sometimes understand if they don't speak English as a natural language, but other Americans and Europeans should be able to speak proper English, no matter where they are. For Example
"Yo, dawg wat u up 2? I chillin 2day" Why can't you just say this?
"Hey, man. What's up? I'm just chillin' today." It is one of my biggest pet peeves.
Rant? Are you referring to my first post of the topic?
Yes, though in retrospect I should have used quotation marks as I was actually referring to Drace's post. At least that's how I recall it.
And rest assured, if the people younger than you are all up in your face with l33t-sp33k and all that, when you're their senior in the workforce you can ensure that you have the opportunity then to stamp any last traces of it out.
Pedspog: I agree, but I also place some blame on the education system. People just assume kids have been taught proper grammar. I many cases, they have not.
Yes, though in retrospect I should have used quotation marks as I was actually referring to Drace's post. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Just kidding. I was just asking because I find the term 'rant' annoying, for different reasons than you might expect.
It is one of my biggest pet peeves.
Good for you! Would you consider yourself a grammar Nazi, or just a grammar-conscious citizen?
And rest assured, if the people younger than you are all up in your face with l33t-sp33k and all that,
Well, I despise '1337-sp33k', but all bad grammar is to be stamped out. While one is worse, the guy who uses a semi-colon to separate subordinate clauses will hang from the same tree as MR. 1337. In a metaphorical sense, of course.
I find it ironic that my inner grammar nazi wants to yell at you for misspelling that.
The inner grammar Nazi. I beleive we are all grammar Nazi to some degree, it just takes one little push, and we no longer just know the rules, we live them. We not only strive for perfection, but we also seek to eliminate all imperfections. I could tell you the exact day my inner grammar Nazi broke loose. I was also influenced by reading an extremely grammatically unsound novel at the time, but the magnitude of the event was very important in shaping my current grammar Nazi-hood. Something inside me died that day, and my inner grammar Nazi was born.
Excuse me but I'd like to contradict myself a few times.
Something inside me died that day, and my inner grammar Nazi was born.
It's so beautiful *wipes tear from eye* I've got to say that it's really nice to have a thread were you can mispell on purpose, or simply misspell and then pretend to have mispelled :]
Well, I despise '1337-sp33k', but all bad grammar is to be stamped out.
But why? To an extent I like bad grammar, it gives more flavour to the English language and besides, if everybody had perfect grammar then this thread wouldn't exist. Imagine it, you'd have basic grammar, for pieces of writing like: "the guy who uses a semi-colon to separate subordinate clauses will hang from the same tree as MR. 1337. In a metaphorical sense, of course." Would be okay. Brrrrr, it's giving me the shivers already.
Thazkull: I'm not sure what you're getting at, but I would like to take this time to say this: I take full responsibility for all grammatical mistakes made by me. Lately, I have been splicing commas like a madman. Nothing or no one is to blame but me.
Pixie214: Well that's cool. I wonder if they ever organize protests, boycotts, and strikes. That would be great! They probably don't.
i think apostrophies are a waste of time...i mean ppul can still tell what you are saying...so whats the point?
A word's meaning changes without apostrophes. If you read often, which many people today don't, you would notice that sometimes the only way to understand what a person is talking about is to look at their grammer.
