Question for you grammar people

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Beebs52 · #76 Post by **Beebs52** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:51 am

andrewjackson wrote:I'm going to vote for:

A's's'i's'tant's' Training Program

'Cause you can never have too many apostrophes.

Right on!

It makes for eyecatching t-shirts, too.

Rexer25 · #77 Post by **Rexer25** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:51 am

To paraphrase Dave Barry:

The rules for using the apostrophe have changed so much in the last few years, it is now regarded as a warning that there most likely will be at least 1 "s" in the word where the apostrophe is placed. This will not limit the number of apostrophes or the number of "s"s, nor does it imply any restriction on where the apostrophe may be placed within the word.

ulysses5019 · #78 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:00 am

JoeBobBillyWayneTucker wrote:What in tarnation's this grammer stuff y'all are talkin' about? I didn't go to college, y'know, or even third grade....

I thought your uncle was married to yer gramma.

peacock2121 · #79 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:34 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:You're all wrong. Except those who agreed with me.

t.
Yeah, but you're a poopy's head.

Oops! I meant to say poopys' head.

Oop's! I meant to say poopys's heads.
Oops's!

Beebs! You cracked me right up.

I read you in a mocking sorta way.

I liked it.

peacock2121 · #80 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:35 pm

andrewjackson wrote:I'm going to vote for:

A's's'i's'tant's' Training Program

'Cause you can never have too many apostrophes.

AJ!

You are mocking someone as well.

I like that too.

Beebs52 · #81 Post by **Beebs52** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:11 pm

peacock2121 wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:You're all wrong. Except those who agreed with me.

t.
Yeah, but you're a poopy's head.

Oops! I meant to say poopys' head.

Oop's! I meant to say poopys's heads.
Oops's!
Beebs! You cracked me right up.

I read you in a mocking sorta way.

I liked it.

Moi? Mockery? Pshaw.

I liked all the "oo's" and "s's". It was fun. I'm easily amused.

andrewjackson · #82 Post by **andrewjackson** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:19 pm

peacock2121 wrote:
andrewjackson wrote:I'm going to vote for:

A's's'i's'tant's' Training Program

'Cause you can never have too many apostrophes.
AJ!

You are mocking someone as well.

I like that too.

I am? I wasn't meaning to.

That I remember.

etaoin22 · #83 Post by **etaoin22** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:27 pm

Actually, I gotta make the mistake now of going back to the original post of Peacock and think again.

The program is a training program.

What kind of training?

It is training which takes people who are not on staff and turns them into assistants.

It has the quality of "movement towards or change into" which makes "assistants" a direct object. Accusative case in Latin. Just like "absurdum" in "reductio ad absurdum".

peacock2121 · #84 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:51 pm

etaoin22 wrote:Actually, I gotta make the mistake now of going back to the original post of Peacock and think again.

The program is a training program.

What kind of training?

It is training which takes people who are not on staff and turns them into assistants.

It has the quality of "movement towards or change into" which makes "assistants" a direct object. Accusative case in Latin. Just like "absurdum" in "reductio ad absurdum".

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