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RE: [OT] Rogue apostrophes. Was "Burgler proof screws, nuts n'
bolts ?"
- Subject: RE: [OT] Rogue apostrophes. Was "Burgler proof
screws, nuts n' bolts ?"
- From: "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 19:18:02 +0100
>Any opinions?
Usage defines the language, not the other way round.
There is no "correct" usage of the apostrophe, simply a common
usage at the
specific time the rules of the language were formally codified.
Hands up how many people still write an F as an S, or say "ae
book" rather
than "a book"?
I.
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