tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post4821073290400721137..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: An Apostrophe to the Apostrophe by Griselda HeppelKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-63314566173037502692019-11-07T09:33:11.536+00:002019-11-07T09:33:11.536+00:00Ha ha thanks all! Much food for thought and chortl...Ha ha thanks all! Much food for thought and chortling here. The English language is even fuller of pitfalls than I realised. And any opportunity to bring In the glorious Groucho Marx is a joy.Griselda Heppelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207965148074302337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-83536166537619334382019-11-03T12:02:13.251+00:002019-11-03T12:02:13.251+00:00I've come across this problem in many differen...I've come across this problem in many different guises after naming one of my sons 'James'. Some of the other kids at his primary school were convinced that his actual name was Jameses, which does sound a bit like something Gollum would say. I wouldn't usually add an extra 'e' but would write James's as the possessive.<br />(By the way he and his wife have called their son 'Harris' and it didn't strike me until reading this post that they might have the same sort of problem!)Cecilia Peartreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653871639579934396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-62705830225174940502019-11-02T14:13:11.668+00:002019-11-02T14:13:11.668+00:00Oh Griselda, the various responses you triggered i...Oh Griselda, the various responses you triggered in me! I won't do them justice but I must mention them:<br />1. Jeremy Vine isn't worth a fraction of the money they pay him. Every evening his crass, inept chairing of Eggheads has my wife and I yelling imprecations which are totally inappropriate in a respectable middle-class household.<br />2. It seems to (probably misguided) moi that 'Hobbses'' is probably an attempt to convey a purely aural version of the written construction 'Hobbs's'. They're called Hobbs, not Hobbse.<br />3. And your final words compel me to remind everyone of one of the many famous quips we owe to Groucho Marx: 'You scoundrel! I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse'.<br />Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-72447434655849475602019-11-01T14:27:42.761+00:002019-11-01T14:27:42.761+00:00I'm all for saving birds, bees, the Amazon rai...I'm all for saving birds, bees, the Amazon rainforests and apostrophes! On top of everything else, lots of Website search windows won't accept terms with them and other punctuations, furthering their decimation by promoting bad habits. Thanks for an entertaining, learned post!Umberto Tosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939504157464234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-16306095702657201482019-11-01T11:36:10.941+00:002019-11-01T11:36:10.941+00:00Totally agree, Griselda. I hate that use of 's...Totally agree, Griselda. I hate that use of 'stood'. The other horrors were things I had not yet come across. However, I frequently become irate while listening to the radio in the mornings. My husband sighs and rolls his eyes at me, and I'm forced to conclude that these things just don't bother most people.Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.com