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Kibler
02-06-2003, 02:52 PM
on the log-in thing that says how many new messages and new posts there are, it should say "new pms" and "new posts" - there should be no apostrophes. just drives this grammar nazi NUTS.
Tigga
02-06-2003, 04:42 PM
Um... I'm not an English major and always sucked at that class so I could be wrong, but I thought they should have apostrophe's since they're plural?
GoldieLox
02-06-2003, 05:33 PM
When something has an apostrophy then an S (i.e : pm's), it is meant to show ownership. I suck at English too! So maybe it's pms' ?
Tigga
02-06-2003, 05:48 PM
Ok, so apparently I suck at English worse than I thought. Thanks for pointing that out Kibler. If there's any other mistakes you happen to notice let me know. :)
Kibler
02-06-2003, 06:04 PM
yeah, apostrophes are used to show ownership - they're the descendent of latin's genitive case. pluralization is just done with a straight up s. ;)
GoldieLox
02-06-2003, 08:35 PM
Tigga - it's ok! at least your not a blonde :D
an apostrophe is probabpy used so as not to upset any females who mistakenly read it as "PMS"
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