Grammar Discussions

[rogerkambah]

At our local discount store.

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The slaughter of the English language continues.

 

[VPS]

This has to be deliberate doesn't it

 

[TheRealTMA]

Something to read to start the year proper.

‘Different from’ is correct and ‘iconic’ is meaningless: what I know after two decades as a subeditor | Susan McDonald

When it comes to grammar, everyone has a pet peeve – and it’s not just nerdy nitpicking. Let us know in the comments what yours are

www.theguardian.com

The comments provide added entertainment.

 

[Flashback]

Easier if your a local, but as a visitor if you get caught up you dont have a suitable place they are still shipping you off to Toms Court or similar. Im wanting a weekend in ADL but wont be going til they change the crazy 15 min rule.

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[VPS]

It's handy to know if you're going to be dairy or diary free

 

[Ekka]

Gluten-free, etc, eh?

 

[andye]

I wonder if the window display is intentionally yonic.

 

[Hvr]

I wonder if the window display is intentionally yonic.

It would appear so.

 

[VPS]

Cooking crack or crab?

 

[VPS]

Do you need another comma?

 

[JessicaTam]

Do you need another comma?

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And Goodwyn's didn't get the apostrophe!

 

[TheRealTMA]

And Goodwyn's didn't get the apostrophe!

Could be many Goodwyns as well.

(ps: Actually the use of the grocers apostrophe is quite consistent here!)

 

[TheRealTMA]

Cooking crack or crab? View attachment 273754

Maybe if you "cook crack" then you can clean a crab afterwards?

 

[Hvr]

Do you need another comma?

If I had an 'Oxford scholar' for every errant apostrophe I'd be rich.

 

[themaiz]

Could be many Goodwyns as well.

(ps: Actually the use of the grocers apostrophe is quite consistent here!)

Seemed that Goodwyns had cracked the grosser's apostrophe, and all!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Seemed that Goodwyns had cracked the grosser's apostrophe, and all!

grosser
/ˈɡrəʊsə/

noun
a film that earns a specified level of gross profit or income.
"the 1965 film version was an even bigger grosser"

 

[VPS]

Could be many Goodwyns as well.

(ps: Actually the use of the grocers apostrophe is quite consistent here!)

isn't a grocer's apostrophe (ducks and hides)

 

[TheRealTMA]

isn't a grocer's apostrophe (ducks and hides)

no, it’s a grocers’. But I was trying to be ironic.


ps: edited.

 

[VPS]

no, it’s a grocers’. But I was trying to be ironic.

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ps: edited.

me too but it can be grocer's or grocers'

 

[Ekka]

isn't a grocer's apostrophe (ducks and hides)

Correct.