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To: Rebelbase

You like turkey huh?

“American’s [sic] demonstrating how to fail”

Apostraphes are not used for plurals.

They are used for concatenations: “Turkey is failed” to “Turkey’s failed”

or for possession: “Turkey’s military will shortly be islamic”.


47 posted on 03/08/2011 9:37:05 AM PST by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many younger conservative Christians out there? __ Click my name)
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To: Christian Engineer Mass

Grammar policing? Typical for a thought trapped in-the-box young engineer.


50 posted on 03/08/2011 9:45:46 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Christian Engineer Mass

“apostrophes” (not apostraphes)


55 posted on 03/08/2011 11:44:51 AM PST by 2111USMC
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