Beware - Watch out for this one!!

[Carrotchomper]

But you do use very good punctuation - I've never seen a dropped apostrophe or a misused comma. Important in modern policing I would have thought.

Why thank you. [/Bristolian] "I trys my best, I do"[/Bristolian]

I've always been quite pernickety with language, written or otherwise. Some of the case papers that I see are shockingly written/spelt/presented. And it really does make a good impression on the judiciary to see a properly presented case, with all relevant I's dotted and T's crossed.

 

[fredfloggle]

Why thank you. [/Bristolian] "I trys my best, I do"[/Bristolian]

I've always been quite pernickety with language, written or otherwise. Some of the case papers that I see are shockingly written/spelt/presented. And it really does make a good impression on the judiciary to see a properly presented case, with all relevant I's dotted and T's crossed.

Quite, nothing worse than receiving a summons with apostrophes all over the shop, or worse, missing. I personally think that any summons with poor punctuation or worse a spelling mistake, should be dismissed.

I's

I'm afraid I have to draw your attention to this though:-

'I's

Using single quotes (not quote's) to place emphasis on the plural nature of the 'I', but never an apostrophe in this case - you'd get laughed out of court.

 

[Carrotchomper]

I'm afraid I have to draw your attention to this though:-
Using single quotes (not quote's) to place emphasis on the plural nature of the 'I', but never an apostrophe in this case - you'd get laughed out of court.

Hmm did debate this one and KNEW someone would pick fault! I'm sure initials are exempt from multiple apostrophe... For instance DVD's (Plural of DVD)?!

 

[prprandall51]

Hmm did debate this one and KNEW someone would pick fault! I'm sure initials are exempt from multiple apostrophe... For instance DVD's (Plural of DVD)?!

Under the Criminal Mispunctuation Act (1998, amended 2007) you could be facing a five year stretch of porridge for "DVD's". Nobody is above the law.

 

[fredfloggle]

Hmm did debate this one and KNEW someone would pick fault! I'm sure initials are exempt from multiple apostrophe... For instance DVD's (Plural of DVD)?!

No,No,No - dangerous criminals could be rampaging around the place because of that oversight . There is no need to add the apostrophe to pluralize, and to do so will cause the CPS to throw the case out.

 

[recycled]

this thread has gone from phone, to child abduction, to police code of conduct, to grammatical expressions

 

[Carrotchomper]

Where next....




Ducks!

(Well, it was a thought...)

 

[Peterdon]

A mobile phone was being used by an unaccompanied child. He was being spoken to by a police officer who was extremely rude to him. Apparently he had been driving and ran over some pedestrian's who were chasing ducks.

I think I got it all

 

[crockers]

A mobile phone was being used by an unaccompanied child. He was being spoken to by a police officer who was extremely rude to him. Apparently he had been driving and ran over some pedestrian's who were chasing ducks.

I think I got it all

NOPE...... you will have upset Fred there with that one.... its plural so no apostrophe...

 

[fredfloggle]

NOPE...... you will have upset Fred there with that one.... its plural so no apostrophe...

Quite right.

 

[Guy]

Yes, as you say, laugh out loud.

The Apostrophe Protection Society was started in 2001 by John Richards, now its Chairman, with the specific aim of preserving the correct use of this currently much abused punctuation mark in all forms of text written in the English language.
The rules concerning the use of Apostrophes in written English are very simple:

1. They are used to denote a missing letter or letters, for example:

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]I can't instead of I cannot[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]I don't instead of I do not[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]it's instead of it is[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]
2. They are used to denote possession, for example:

[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]the dog's bone[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]the company's logo[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Jones's bakery (but Joneses' bakery if owned by more than one Jones)[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]
... but please note that the possessive form of it does not take an apostrophe any more than ours, yours or hers do
[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]the bone is in its mouth[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]
... however, if there are two or more dogs, companies or Joneses in our example, the apostrophe comes after the 's':

[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]the dogs' bones[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]the companies' logos[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Joneses' bakeries[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]
3. Apostrophes are NEVER ever used to denote plurals! Common examples of such abuse (all seen in real life!) are:

[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Banana's for sale which of course should read Bananas for sale[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Menu's printed to order which should read Menus printed to order[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]MOT's at this garage which should read MOTs at this garage[/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]1000's of bargains here! which should read 1000s of bargains here![/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]New CD's just in! which should read New CDs just in![/FONT]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Buy your Xmas tree's here! which should read Buy your Xmas trees here![/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]
Note: Special care must be taken over the use of your and you're as they sound the same but are used quite differently:
your is possessive as in this is your pen
you're is short for you are as in you're coming over to my house
[/FONT]

You are right and I still haven't been back to check the model number of the Sony -

What I did find when I used it was that the graphics card was at it's limit rather than the resolution of the panel -

The punctuation police are on their way round to Fred's.....

 

[fredfloggle]

The punctuation police are on their way round to Fred's.....

My account has been hacked.

 

[Carrotchomper]

Account's being hacked? I think's that is b@ll@ck's. Youd notice by the way they was writing.

 

[fredfloggle]

Account's being hacked? I think's that is b@ll@ck's. Youd notice by the way they was writing.

You're doing it again .

Honestly.

You confine yourself to poorly punctuated dating.

 

[Carrotchomper]

Main Entry:
sar·casm Pronunciation: \ˈsär-ˌka-zəm\ Function: noun Etymology: French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmos, from Greek sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer, from sark-, sarx flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwarəs- to cut Date: 1550 1: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain2 a: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b: the use or language of sarcasm

 

[robert.saunders]

I love sarcasm, really I do

 

[Peterdon]

NOPE...... its plural so no apostrophe...

So I did get it all:bannana:

 

[fredfloggle]

NOPE...... you will have upset Fred there with that one.... its plural so no apostrophe...

it's

 

[crockers]

Hmmm...some peeps have no sense of humour..... Fred & Peterdon...............lol

 

[robert.saunders]

I can't remember what we're 'watching out for' anymore