this is copied and pasted without additions or subtractions from my "all campus announcements" e-bulletin board. the student's name is jeff kyle, for those of you to whom it would make a difference.
"I thought this was an awesome picture. How awesome would it be if all president's and their staff bowed their heads in prayer before meetings. Awesome."
the lesson today, class, is that apostrophes are only to be used when there is either a contraction (implying that letters are missing) or when there is possession of something. in case you couldn't tell from our above example, our friend jeff has inserted an apostrophe into a simple plural noun, in which case he shall now be summarily executed. let this be a lesson to all of you. examples of correct apostrophe usage are italicized as well above.
DP, your blog should occasionally have "E-Door Greatest Hits" like that.
Posted by: JosiahQ at October 27, 2003 12:07 PMl like that idea. i think i'll make it a regular feature. does anyone know why my blog looks like a blog spot comment page right now?
Posted by: dp at October 27, 2003 8:45 PMI'm glad I'm not the only one who holds grammar grudges.
Now about capitalization...
Posted by: Christin at October 27, 2003 9:55 PMAmen, Christin. Amen.
Posted by: Z at October 27, 2003 11:24 PMif those comments were directed at me, i would like you smart asses to know first that i consider the blog realm to be an informal arena, which is why i forgive people who constantly misspell, fail to punctuate, or capitalize everything. second, i cant type. this fact alone should be enough of a foundation for my defense. third, even if i could type, i doubt i would capitalize or punctuate because im lazy. so there. hmph.
and if youre not directing that at me, then all of this is moot and this fake wrath is even more fraudulent.