You can't have too many apostrophe's


Can we talk about this? Is it possible? Or by bringing it up, will I be relegated to that category of individual so many love to hate, the dreadful "grammar n?zi"?

Does it drive anyone else nuts that it seems that more and more adults in this country could evidently not pass a 5th grade English exam?

And is the increasing proliferation of "grocers apostrophes" THE single most annoying element of the above?!
paulfolbrecht
We have no choice but to snatch up all of the apostrophes we can now before Harry Pearson gets 'em. As you can readily see by reading his reviews, he purloined the total available supply of commas out there many moons ago.
Here is an appropriate quote regarding this thread for those grammatically correct audiophiles. "It's easy to see, that the crux of the biscuit is the Apostrophe".

Frank Zappa
hi doug:

do you have any evidence to confirm your assertions ?

are there any articles in psychology journals, to support your position ?

there are many opinions about the causes of behavior but very few facts to confirm the alleged causes.
Ah Men caring about grammar? Is it any wonder I love audiophiles!

By the way, there are great, quiet entertaining books on grammar by Lynne Truss: "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" being the first one. There is even one detailing the usage of apostrophes.

You know, for when you grow weary of Stereophile and the Absolute Sound!
Mrtennis, I am not interested in preparing a report for you. I think it's obvious that I was stating some opinons as well as some facts which would be difficult to contest.

Some of my points are well documented and need no regurgitation of evidence:

Society is becoming more illiterate
Information overload is prevalent
Family breakdown is widespread
Expressions of physical hostility and violence are increasing (i.e. serial killing; I am well aware that some forms of violence are decreasing, i.e. individual homicides, which has been linked to the aging of the Baby Boomers)

Some comments are opinions:
My take on TV and movie entertainment
"I consider..." us to have moved into a new Dark Age
People... with a wretched World View...
"I predict we'll see a correlation..."

Feel free to sift it as you wish. :)