Date:         Fri, 25 May 2001 14:38:23 -1000
Reply-To:     Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
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From:         Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
Subject:      Re: Apostrophes & spelling (was Re: Sears disaster- BOZO's heh)
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> Apostrophes are also used for certain contractions (they're, that's). The
> Engish unfortunately still use them for certain clumsy contractions
> ('phone, 'plane; surprisingly, they don't use sub' or car', but still
> sometimes use to-day or to-morrow!).

Good grief, Andrew... what is this... remedial english class?

Yikes.

Mick
Hilo


----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 2:11 PM
Subject: Apostrophes & spelling (was Re: Sears disaster- BOZO's heh)


> (Some english scholar help me: should there be an apostrophe in bozo's for
> the plural version, should it be bozos?) you're not a bozo for asking, at
> least you realize there's a problem.
>
> NO there should not. An apostrophe is used to denote a possessive
(Horace's
> Vanagon), not plurals (there are two Horaces). It should NOT be used with
> plural numbers (B29s) or acronyms (CRTs), unless it is intended to show
> that the B29 or CRT "owns" something.
>
> Apostrophes are also used for certain contractions (they're, that's). The
> Engish unfortunately still use them for certain clumsy contractions
> ('phone, 'plane; surprisingly, they don't use sub' or car', but still
> sometimes use to-day or to-morrow!).
>
> A few other things a LOT of people have trouble with, and I see all too on
> the list:
>
> When adding a suffix, ALWAYS remove any e from the end of the word before
> adding the suffix eg canoing, stony, poky.
>
> Their/they're/there. THEY'RE driving THEIR Vanagon to that campsite over
THERE.
>
> Lay/lie. I LAY (or am laying) a carpet out on the Vanagon's floor to see
if
> it's the right shade of lime green. I LIE (or am lying) down to look for
> leaking heads...
>
> There are not A LOT of Vanagons in New Zealand.
>
> The Vanagon body design is ALL RIGHT, but the drivetrain is not.
>
> Plural of Bozo is Bozos.
>
>
> Andrew Grebneff
> 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
> ph   64 (3) 473-8863
> fax 64 (3) 479-7527
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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> VW & Toyota vans, Toyota diesels and Macintoshes rule
>