Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it

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Re: Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it

Post by Pappa » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:47 pm

JimC wrote:Do they actually sell apostrophe stickers, or did you make one yourself?
I made it myself, but I've had a business idea to sell credit card sized stickers sheets of apostrophes for a while. The perfect stocking filler for pedants everywhere.

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Re: Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:55 pm

:nazi: Grammer nazis: We have ways of making you conjugate properly.
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Re: Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it

Post by JimC » Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:30 am

Pappa wrote:
JimC wrote:Do they actually sell apostrophe stickers, or did you make one yourself?
I made it myself, but I've had a business idea to sell credit card sized stickers sheets of apostrophes for a while. The perfect stocking filler for pedants everywhere.
Good idea. Perhaps different sizes and/or colours, to match various signs...

And then there is the need to remove the incorrect ones...
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Re: Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it

Post by Jason » Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:25 am

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There's a quotation mark in there.

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Re: Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it

Post by Audley Strange » Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:53 am

Pappa wrote:I've been meaning to do this for several years. It's a local pub/restaurant called "The Captains Wife". Every time I go there I :twitch:

Today, I took a sticker. :mrgreen:
captains-wife.jpg
Awesome.

I always wanted a sheet of speech bubbles to add to photographs in adverts with some appropriately disheartening or mean-spirited message. You're on the path first. Bravo.
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