25 Oct 05
Originally posted by angie88Oh, I see where you're coming from... Hehe... no, I'm not interested in that. I just wanted to yank Mr. Bowmann's prehensile tail, since I know for a bloody fact he's dead wrong this time.
lol no offense, I was just playing with words. There are some people though who rec bowmann's posts... I figured you might want some of that 😉
Sigh... I know he'll just wriggle his way out of this one, too... 😞
25 Oct 05
Bowmann is quite wrong on this issue. The use of an apostrophe to denote the pluralisation of an abbreviation is incorrect. "Typo" (denoting Typographical Error) does not need an apostrophe when pluralised in the same way as Cafes (short for Cafeterias) does not. We should not use CD's or MOT's either.
25 Oct 05
Originally posted by BowmannYou disappoint me, Mr. Bowmann...
Just whore'll do 😉
And did you really mean to type the indefinite article...? 😉😉
And yes, of course I meant to use the indefinite article "a"...
For someone who espouses himself the messiah of literature and language, I'm suprised you don't recognize the precise "Americanism" I used in that post...
For shame...
25 Oct 05
Originally posted by StarrmanYet another who doesn't understand my earlier choice of words.
Bowmann is quite wrong on this issue. The use of an apostrophe to denote the pluralisation of an abbreviation is incorrect. "Typo" (denoting Typographical Error) does not need an apostrophe when pluralised in the same way as Cafes (short for Cafeterias) does not. We should not use CD's or MOT's either.
25 Oct 05
Originally posted by PocketKingsActually you're only half right. When the British lost the war, they lost the country for the first time. So we won the land for the first time, we didn't take it back.
The honest truth is that you English had our country and we beat your ass to take it back.
25 Oct 05
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Drivel, drivel, drivel, drivel........Originally posted by Bowmann
I'm not a cockney. You have the ignorance of an American.
Originally posted by Moldy Crow
You spelled "arrogance" wrong .
You're forgetting - or maybe just emulating? - your own american presidential Mr.B? I'm shocked 😲
25 Oct 05
Originally posted by widgetDr. Bowmann.....whats going on here, on this thread????ðŸ˜
Originally posted by Bowmann
I'm not a cockney. You have the ignorance of an American.
Originally posted by Moldy Crow
[b]You spelled "arrogance" wrong .
You're forgetting - or maybe just emulating? - your own american presidential Mr.B? I'm shocked 😲[/b]
25 Oct 05
Originally posted by BowmannOk, there's the quote. Would you be so kind as to explain to us why or how the "apostrophe becomes acceptable", especially in reference to the phrase beginning with "since"?
Actually, since "typo" is an abbreviation of "typographical error", the apostrophe becomes acceptable.