You know the sorta thing. The errant apostrophe,
One of our local pubs was taken over by a new Landlord and Landlady recently, The chalkboard outside read
" Tracy, Mark and the team welcome you to the (insert pub name here) "
The new incumbents have changed the chalkboard to read " Eric & Lucy and the team welcome's you to the (insert pub name here) "
Now, I may be guilty of over use of the ellipsis ... (LOL) The thing is, that chalkboard actually offends my sense of decent punctuation every time I read it.
Discuss.
*names have been changed to protect the guilty.
EDIT... To correct a punctuation mistake.
Punctuation woes.
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Ellipsis. . .
What's one of those then?
But yes those unnecessary apostrophe's can grate after a while.
What's one of those then?
But yes those unnecessary apostrophe's can grate after a while.
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Not whilst I'm driving past...
However I might mock up a "punctuation Police ID" and raid them unexpectedly
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You are evi'l ...
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Punctuation woes.
Wine-o, This, Isn't, A rant.
I would rather see a load of commas than block wall of text.
Apostrophe - '
Oxford Comma - ,
Im just thick tho.
I would rather see a load of commas than block wall of text.
Apostrophe - '
Oxford Comma - ,
Im just thick tho.