tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post3880326837280764725..comments2024-01-11T00:57:40.143+00:00Comments on HOUSE WITH NO NAME: Anya Hindmarch and the art of the apostropheEmma Lee-Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17941667739851280595noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-20336006631528624612011-11-16T10:09:11.714+00:002011-11-16T10:09:11.714+00:00Just had a look, Jess, and those unnecessary quote...Just had a look, Jess, and those unnecessary quotes are SO annoying!Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-44927205371838240352011-11-15T22:14:03.427+00:002011-11-15T22:14:03.427+00:00I am with you completely on this. Apostrophe misu...I am with you completely on this. Apostrophe misuse is just as bad as they're/there/their mixups and misplaced quotation marks. If I'm in the mood to get agitated with something I go here: http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/<br /><br />Masked Mom, I love the semi-colon! Few people can use it correctly so well done to your daughter =]Jess Phttp://rhys-pieces.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-32409726771090779382011-11-15T20:45:39.923+00:002011-11-15T20:45:39.923+00:00Hi Masked Mom. Your daughter sounds very impressiv...Hi Masked Mom. Your daughter sounds very impressive. Perhaps she could write her own grammar guide for the 21st century?Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-26402674961988269032011-11-15T18:21:15.551+00:002011-11-15T18:21:15.551+00:00My 17-year-old daughter goes against the prevailin...My 17-year-old daughter goes against the prevailing tide punctuation and grammar-wise. She's been stunning her teachers by properly using semi-colons since she was in 7th grade. The drawback of her mastery of punctuation is that other people's mistakes make her absolute insane. There's a sign at a local tourist trap that reads (in 12" high, 3-D letters): T-Shirts, Gifts, Souvenirs, Moccasin's. That apostrophe in the last word is particularly offensive to her since they got it right in the first three words. I regularly have to restrain her from confronting the staff or physically removing the offending apostrophe herself.Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-81725259054405374172011-11-15T14:08:27.307+00:002011-11-15T14:08:27.307+00:00You're right, Kate. And I had to have a major ...You're right, Kate. And I had to have a major think about Karen's query about where the apostrophe goes in goat's cheese.Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-12335388989900384692011-11-15T13:37:25.021+00:002011-11-15T13:37:25.021+00:00I guess some people just have blind spots with Eng...I guess some people just have blind spots with English. Mine is the difference between been and being. I think I have grasped it but make mistakes time and again.Katehttp://kateonthinice.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-28983311496210953132011-11-15T13:21:41.966+00:002011-11-15T13:21:41.966+00:00Thanks very much for commenting, Polly. I thought ...Thanks very much for commenting, Polly. I thought maybe I was the only one to get irritated at the misuse of apostrophes - but I'm clearly not!Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-9623675903861792222011-11-15T13:20:14.052+00:002011-11-15T13:20:14.052+00:00Thank you very much for your encouragement, Daydre...Thank you very much for your encouragement, Daydream Believer. It really helps!Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-44742050345918387382011-11-15T12:14:25.317+00:002011-11-15T12:14:25.317+00:00Misplaced apostrophes drive me round the bend. It&...Misplaced apostrophes drive me round the bend. It's almost as if the writer is thinking that if they throw enough of them at a piece of work, some of them will be correct. There seems to be no rhyme or reason. Unbelievable. Pollycaughtwritinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03272591019159417768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-59815930291437774242011-11-15T11:22:38.155+00:002011-11-15T11:22:38.155+00:00Unbelievable. Somewhat akin to the giant sign my c...Unbelievable. Somewhat akin to the giant sign my cousin saw for a new Sainsbury superstore. I have asked her to remind me of their blunders. <br /><br />Keep up the good blogging, Emma. You are one day nearer the end.Daydream Believerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00560934289619119084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-57834337285884125982011-11-15T11:22:31.632+00:002011-11-15T11:22:31.632+00:00Thanks so much, Karen. I can't wait to read To...Thanks so much, Karen. I can't wait to read Tout Soul. On goat's cheese, I'm pretty sure it should be goat's cheese. Lecturer Linsey (the grammar whizz who commented above), do you agree?Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-81925404033886654642011-11-15T10:46:42.075+00:002011-11-15T10:46:42.075+00:00Hi Emma
Great post. I've been thinking about ...Hi Emma<br /><br />Great post. I've been thinking about apostrophes a lot lately my self while doing the final edits on Tout Soul. I was wondering, as a fellow Francophile and grammar-addict, you might know the answer to a question that is perplexing me greatly: the correct spelling of goats cheese. Is it goat's cheese or goats' cheese (given that it probably comes from more than one goat) or no apostrophes at all? No one seems to be able to answer this question definitively! One person suggested it shoulg be goat cheese but that doesn't sound right to me<br /><br />best <br /><br />Karenmimi pompomhttp://www.toutsweet.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-75972706867791684112011-11-15T09:47:20.402+00:002011-11-15T09:47:20.402+00:00Thanks, Linsey. I agree totally. Apostrophes are r...Thanks, Linsey. I agree totally. Apostrophes are really straightforward!Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514378008400567712.post-37315828921367762122011-11-15T09:36:48.598+00:002011-11-15T09:36:48.598+00:00I'd need to have breathed slowly into a brown ...I'd need to have breathed slowly into a brown paper bag to calm down if I had seen that! Uni students are just as bad - and yet the rules on apostrophes are so simple ...Linseytnoreply@blogger.com