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I blame #phones for some of the most annoying losses of knowledge in young people.
- Nobody under 40 has a fucking clue how to use #apostrophes. Phones (a) make it take extra steps to add them and (b) seem to have been programmed by people who don't understand the plural possessive. I have never once seen a trailing apostrophe suggestion no matter how clearly the context called for it.
- Knowledge of an entire tense is disappearing because, for reasons I don't understand (though again maybe it's because of developers avoiding English classes) phones don't seem to understand that "has" can be a helping verb. I've never seen it across half a dozen android phones; the suggestion and autocomplete is always "had," whish is usually comically wrong.
Reading student work with these problems is a disturbing part of my work life.
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I blame #phones for some of the most annoying losses of knowledge in young people.
- Nobody under 40 has a fucking clue how to use #apostrophes. Phones (a) make it take extra steps to add them and (b) seem to have been programmed by people who don't understand the plural possessive. I have never once seen a trailing apostrophe suggestion no matter how clearly the context called for it.
- Knowledge of an entire tense is disappearing because, for reasons I don't understand (though again maybe it's because of developers avoiding English classes) phones don't seem to understand that "has" can be a helping verb. I've never seen it across half a dozen android phones; the suggestion and autocomplete is always "had," whish is usually comically wrong.
Reading student work with these problems is a disturbing part of my work life.
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I blame #phones for some of the most annoying losses of knowledge in young people.
- Nobody under 40 has a fucking clue how to use #apostrophes. Phones (a) make it take extra steps to add them and (b) seem to have been programmed by people who don't understand the plural possessive. I have never once seen a trailing apostrophe suggestion no matter how clearly the context called for it.
- Knowledge of an entire tense is disappearing because, for reasons I don't understand (though again maybe it's because of developers avoiding English classes) phones don't seem to understand that "has" can be a helping verb. I've never seen it across half a dozen android phones; the suggestion and autocomplete is always "had," whish is usually comically wrong.
Reading student work with these problems is a disturbing part of my work life.
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I blame #phones for some of the most annoying losses of knowledge in young people.
- Nobody under 40 has a fucking clue how to use #apostrophes. Phones (a) make it take extra steps to add them and (b) seem to have been programmed by people who don't understand the plural possessive. I have never once seen a trailing apostrophe suggestion no matter how clearly the context called for it.
- Knowledge of an entire tense is disappearing because, for reasons I don't understand (though again maybe it's because of developers avoiding English classes) phones don't seem to understand that "has" can be a helping verb. I've never seen it across half a dozen android phones; the suggestion and autocomplete is always "had," whish is usually comically wrong.
Reading student work with these problems is a disturbing part of my work life.
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I blame #phones for some of the most annoying losses of knowledge in young people.
- Nobody under 40 has a fucking clue how to use #apostrophes. Phones (a) make it take extra steps to add them and (b) seem to have been programmed by people who don't understand the plural possessive. I have never once seen a trailing apostrophe suggestion no matter how clearly the context called for it.
- Knowledge of an entire tense is disappearing because, for reasons I don't understand (though again maybe it's because of developers avoiding English classes) phones don't seem to understand that "has" can be a helping verb. I've never seen it across half a dozen android phones; the suggestion and autocomplete is always "had," whish is usually comically wrong.
Reading student work with these problems is a disturbing part of my work life.
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#INAMadelen #Apostrophes 1978, un physicien vulgarisateur scientifique Charles-Noël Martin (1923-2005, X42), auteur Planète - je ne connaissais pas du tout https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-No%C3%ABl_Martin
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#INAMadelen #Apostrophes 1978, un physicien vulgarisateur scientifique Charles-Noël Martin (1923-2005, X42), auteur Planète - je ne connaissais pas du tout https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-No%C3%ABl_Martin
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#INAMadelen #Apostrophes 1978, un physicien vulgarisateur scientifique Charles-Noël Martin (1923-2005, X42), auteur Planète - je ne connaissais pas du tout https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-No%C3%ABl_Martin
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#INAMadelen #Apostrophes 1978, le psychanalyste Marc Soriano rappelle très sérieusement le jeu de mots du titre de son ouvrage 'Le Cas Verne'
https://bibliotheques.paris.fr/Monteleson/doc/SYRACUSE/623258/jules-verne-le-cas-verne -
#INAMadelen #Apostrophes 1978, le psychanalyste Marc Soriano rappelle très sérieusement le jeu de mots du titre de son ouvrage 'Le Cas Verne'
https://bibliotheques.paris.fr/Monteleson/doc/SYRACUSE/623258/jules-verne-le-cas-verne -
#INAMadelen #Apostrophes 1978, le psychanalyste Marc Soriano rappelle très sérieusement le jeu de mots du titre de son ouvrage 'Le Cas Verne'
https://bibliotheques.paris.fr/Monteleson/doc/SYRACUSE/623258/jules-verne-le-cas-verne -
#BusyBusyBusy... #DoingSomethingElse...
#BusyBeingRetired and #IT's #TheWeekend with #Apostrophes that #Work...
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#BeingEuropean #SomewhereInEurope #StillWorkingAsIntended #AsOpposedTo #AllTheFraud #TheRevolutionWillBePunctuated #CovidFree
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What's #TheMatter...?
Your #DeadInstance is #StillDead...
You can #StopCrying; because... #Reasons... #Reasons and #Apostrophes
And, #DontPanic... #NoOneCares...
#InSpace...! #Still with #ZeroFakebook
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Une discussion intense se déroule sur #Apostrophes en 1982, mettant en lumière les débats controversés de l'époque, opposant Paul Guth à Daniel Cohn-Bendit. A lire ici --> https://wp.me/pbyKZP-1b66 #tv #france2 #clash #BernardPivot #DanielCohnBendit #histoire #archives #fr3 #antenne2 #france3
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Une discussion intense se déroule sur #Apostrophes en 1982, mettant en lumière les débats controversés de l'époque, opposant Paul Guth à Daniel Cohn-Bendit. A lire ici --> https://wp.me/pbyKZP-1b66 #tv #france2 #clash #BernardPivot #DanielCohnBendit #histoire #archives #fr3 #antenne2 #france3
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Une discussion intense se déroule sur #Apostrophes en 1982, mettant en lumière les débats controversés de l'époque, opposant Paul Guth à Daniel Cohn-Bendit. A lire ici --> https://wp.me/pbyKZP-1b66 #tv #france2 #clash #BernardPivot #DanielCohnBendit #histoire #archives #fr3 #antenne2 #france3
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#How're #Things at #TheSyzitoInstituteForTheTerminallyIneffectual... | #AndOtherRhetoricalQuestions
#LetsPlay: #SquirrelsOnline...!
And, #DiscordIsForImbeciles...
#TheRevolutionWillBePunctuated; but, the #AngryIncels #Still can't #FigureOut how #Apostrophes #Work...
#That must #Suck for "they/them"...
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#GoodLuck with "they/them" #Apostrophes...
"You shouldn't write if you can't write."
And,
"... #BeingRight is #SuperAwesome™️"
My #CrazyGayUncle (1899 - 1961)
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#QuoteToots; #StillQuiteCool...
"... if you're lucky..."
#FeelingLucky with #Apostrophes...
#DontForget; #DiscordIsForImbeciles...
And, #TheRevolutionWillBePunctuated...
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https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09387980
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Some road signs that lack #apostrophes can be unclear what they mean 😉
I feel like it should have one…? The “work” #grammatically speaking owns its end, does it not?
Otherwise it’s just a statement about work ending in general, not this work in particular.
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Some road signs that lack #apostrophes can be unclear what they mean 😉
I feel like it should have one…? The “work” #grammatically speaking owns its end, does it not?
Otherwise it’s just a statement about work ending in general, not this work in particular.
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Some road signs that lack #apostrophes can be unclear what they mean 😉
I feel like it should have one…? The “work” #grammatically speaking owns its end, does it not?
Otherwise it’s just a statement about work ending in general, not this work in particular.
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Some road signs that lack #apostrophes can be unclear what they mean 😉
I feel like it should have one…? The “work” #grammatically speaking owns its end, does it not?
Otherwise it’s just a statement about work ending in general, not this work in particular.
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Some road signs that lack #apostrophes can be unclear what they mean 😉
I feel like it should have one…? The “work” #grammatically speaking owns its end, does it not?
Otherwise it’s just a statement about work ending in general, not this work in particular.
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Walmart.
I am asking anyone and everyone that sees this post to share it far and wide. I have winced while walking under this sign in too many Walmart stores for too long. Let’s get this fixed and save the apostrophe.
Dear #Walmart,
For the love of god, please fix these signs in your stores. “Boy’s” indicates the department belongs to one boy.
The boys’ department should be shown as “Boys’”.
This makes your store chain look stupid, and it’s not a good look.
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Walmart.
I am asking anyone and everyone that sees this post to share it far and wide. I have winced while walking under this sign in too many Walmart stores for too long. Let’s get this fixed and save the apostrophe.
Dear #Walmart,
For the love of god, please fix these signs in your stores. “Boy’s” indicates the department belongs to one boy.
The boys’ department should be shown as “Boys’”.
This makes your store chain look stupid, and it’s not a good look.
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Walmart.
I am asking anyone and everyone that sees this post to share it far and wide. I have winced while walking under this sign in too many Walmart stores for too long. Let’s get this fixed and save the apostrophe.
Dear #Walmart,
For the love of god, please fix these signs in your stores. “Boy’s” indicates the department belongs to one boy.
The boys’ department should be shown as “Boys’”.
This makes your store chain look stupid, and it’s not a good look.
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Walmart.
I am asking anyone and everyone that sees this post to share it far and wide. I have winced while walking under this sign in too many Walmart stores for too long. Let’s get this fixed and save the apostrophe.
Dear #Walmart,
For the love of god, please fix these signs in your stores. “Boy’s” indicates the department belongs to one boy.
The boys’ department should be shown as “Boys’”.
This makes your store chain look stupid, and it’s not a good look.
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A transcript prepared by the official White House stenographers referred to “supporters” (no apostrophe).
The transcript released by the White House press office added an apostrophe, making it “supporter’s.”
Surely only in an election year would changing one apostrophe generate such a response.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/01/nx-s1-5175062/white-house-transcript-record-biden-remarks
#apostrophes #transcription #typer #proofer #typist #proofreader #stenographer #edit #accuracy #errors
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A transcript prepared by the official White House stenographers referred to “supporters” (no apostrophe).
The transcript released by the White House press office added an apostrophe, making it “supporter’s."
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/01/nx-s1-5175062/white-house-transcript-record-biden-remarks
#apostrophes #transcription #typer #proofer #typist #proofreader #stenographer #edit #accuracy #errors
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I'm in punctuation hell today, editing a story that in part compares the Old Farmer's Almanac and the Farmers' Almanac.
That's how the two names have been punctuated for more than 200 years.
Here's the real conundrum: "These are the two leading f_____ almanacs."
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I'm in punctuation hell today, editing a story that in part compares the Old Farmer's Almanac and the Farmers' Almanac.
That's how the two names have been punctuated for more than 200 years.
Here's the real conundrum: "These are the two leading f_____ almanacs."
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I'm in punctuation hell today, editing a story that in part compares the Old Farmer's Almanac and the Farmers' Almanac.
That's how the two names have been punctuated for more than 200 years.
Here's the real conundrum: "These are the two leading f_____ almanacs."
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I'm in punctuation hell today, editing a story that in part compares the Old Farmer's Almanac and the Farmers' Almanac.
That's how the two names have been punctuated for more than 200 years.
Here's the real conundrum: "These are the two leading f_____ almanacs."
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I'm in punctuation hell today, editing a story that in part compares the Old Farmer's Almanac and the Farmers' Almanac.
That's how the two names have been punctuated for more than 200 years.
Here's the real conundrum: "These are the two leading f_____ almanacs."
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Surreal discourse over the use of #apostrophes in the #Yorkshire
dialect.. #linguistics #English -
Surreal discourse over the use of #apostrophes in the #Yorkshire
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Surreal discourse over the use of #apostrophes in the #Yorkshire
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Surreal discourse over the use of #apostrophes in the #Yorkshire
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Surreal discourse over the use of #apostrophes in the #Yorkshire
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North Yorkshire Council retains its #apostrophes on road signs. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0r04g2xwdo #BobbyTables
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North Yorkshire Council retains its #apostrophes on road signs. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0r04g2xwdo #BobbyTables
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North Yorkshire Council retains its #apostrophes on road signs. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0r04g2xwdo #BobbyTables
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The world is falling apart but you have to love people who care so passionately about #apostrophes.
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The world is falling apart but you have to love people who care so passionately about #apostrophes.
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The world is falling apart but you have to love people who care so passionately about #apostrophes.
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The world is falling apart but you have to love people who care so passionately about #apostrophes.
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Mort de #BernardPivot, journaliste et créateur d’« #Apostrophes »
La célèbre émission littéraire, qu’il anima de 1975 à 1990 sur Antenne 2, était devenue le rendez-vous incontournable des auteurs et du monde de l’édition. L’ex-président de l’#AcadémieGoncourt avait, en plus des livres, deux passions : le vin et le football. Bernard Pivot est mort lundi à Neuilly-sur-Seine, à l’âge de 89 ans. #LeMonde.fr #ChristineRousseau
https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html -
Mort de #BernardPivot, journaliste et créateur d’« #Apostrophes »
La célèbre émission littéraire, qu’il anima de 1975 à 1990 sur Antenne 2, était devenue le rendez-vous incontournable des auteurs et du monde de l’édition. L’ex-président de l’#AcadémieGoncourt avait, en plus des livres, deux passions : le vin et le football. Bernard Pivot est mort lundi à Neuilly-sur-Seine, à l’âge de 89 ans. #LeMonde.fr #ChristineRousseau
https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html -
Mort de #BernardPivot, journaliste et créateur d’« #Apostrophes »
La célèbre émission littéraire, qu’il anima de 1975 à 1990 sur Antenne 2, était devenue le rendez-vous incontournable des auteurs et du monde de l’édition. L’ex-président de l’#AcadémieGoncourt avait, en plus des livres, deux passions : le vin et le football. Bernard Pivot est mort lundi à Neuilly-sur-Seine, à l’âge de 89 ans. #LeMonde.fr #ChristineRousseau
https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html -
Mort de #BernardPivot, journaliste et créateur d’« #Apostrophes »
La célèbre émission littéraire, qu’il anima de 1975 à 1990 sur Antenne 2, était devenue le rendez-vous incontournable des auteurs et du monde de l’édition. L’ex-président de l’#AcadémieGoncourt avait, en plus des livres, deux passions : le vin et le football. Bernard Pivot est mort lundi à Neuilly-sur-Seine, à l’âge de 89 ans. #LeMonde.fr #ChristineRousseau
https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html -
first no #apostrophes next step total #global collapse
