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APOSTROPHES BTFO

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:01:33 No.5793373 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>5793401 >>5794724 >>5794762 >>5795053

Something I found online. This person is oddly dedicated to getting rid of apostrophes from the English language.

killtheapostrophe.com

Anonymous

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Anonymous ID:9dqdfFu+ Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:04:37 No.5793395 Report

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this is what the next civil war will be about

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:nugrjR4E Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:05:32 No.5793401 Report

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>>5793373
what were you looking up to just stumble across this

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ccOykJyT Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:05:38 No.5793402 Report

Quoted By: >>5793429

Apostrophes serve to seperate those who know how to speak English and those who don't.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:10:11 No.5793429 Report

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>>5793402
Languages change, Anon. Whats incorrect yesterday becomes standard tomorrow.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:55NJXn4w Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:14:01 No.5793446 Report

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Whoms't'dve thought it was a good idea?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Yf1Hc/qD Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:15:46 No.5793459 Report

Quoted By: >>5793495 >>5793540

Retarded illiterate morons thinking they're smart.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:fho1fwx4 Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:18:13 No.5793476 Report

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lol wats for lunch

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:20:05 No.5793495 Report

Quoted By: >>5793532

>>5793459
Languages are organic constructs that change over time. I dont like giant linguistic reforms, but something like this isnt too much of a change.

Assuming youre from Romania and dont just live there: why do you speak Romanian and not Latin?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:jMCUXdH4 Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:21:02 No.5793502 Report

Quoted By: >>5793517

I really wish the guy who wanted to creste a sarcasm mark was as passionate.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:iZ0O2zWi Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:22:46 No.5793515 Report

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y'all think that's a good idea

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:23:31 No.5793517 Report

Quoted By: >>5793520

>>5793502
Some people use "/s" at the end of sarcastic sentences to indicate sarcasm.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ccOykJyT Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:23:53 No.5793520 Report

Quoted By: >>5793524

>>5793517
>reddit
I knew it

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:24:15 No.5793524 Report

Quoted By: >>5793556

>>5793520
No, I first saw it on 4chan.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:nugrjR4E Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:26:25 No.5793532 Report

Quoted By: >>5793551 >>5795040

>>5793495
language is always degrading. remember when gay meant happy and lesbians were actually people from lesbia

they even proposed to removing correct spelling because it was 'slowing them down'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10218870/Lessons-in-spelling-have-no-place-in-21st-century-schools.html

its fucking tragic

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ErXpSruy Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:28:17 No.5793540 Report

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>>5793459
There pretty much is no reason for apostrophes to exist, though. Unlike the proper comma placement, which 90% of the brainlet internet user base does not use properly, and which also has pretty much the same placement rules in all European languages.

Anonymous

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Anonymous ID:uFXYqnhv Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:29:57 No.5793549 Report

Quoted By: >>5793572 >>5793609 >>5793617

Of FUCKING course its an American advocating for simplifying the simplist language on the planet.
I wish you guys spoke in runes so I couldn't understand your drivel

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:30:29 No.5793551 Report

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>>5793532
The oversexualization of terms is annoying, yes, but this isnt a faggot-influenced change, its just something Im doing for fun because itll have an influence on the future of the English language.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wfUCNXEq Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:31:11 No.5793556 Report

Quoted By: >>5793585

>>5793524
I've never once seen this.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:33:48 No.5793572 Report

Quoted By: >>5793618 >>5793633

>>5793549
Brits constantly criticize American English because its not as complicated yet they also criticize the American measurement system because its too complicated unlike the simplified metric system. Dont you see the error there?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:36:22 No.5793585 Report

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>>5793556
Hmm, maybe what I saw was a poster from Reddit on here and thought that it was a 4chan thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wfUCNXEq Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:36:39 No.5793609 Report

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>>5793549
>t. learning sand runes to please his masters

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Rht9OHsI Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:37:53 No.5793617 Report

Quoted By: >>5793632

>>5793549
english isn't simple

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:uFXYqnhv Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:38:05 No.5793618 Report

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>>5793572
>strawmanning
Your metrics aren't shit because they are complicated, they are just a mess to use

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:uFXYqnhv Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:40:06 No.5793632 Report

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>>5793617
It is in comparison to moon runes and snow nigger language

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:fho1fwx4 Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:40:08 No.5793633 Report

Quoted By: >>5793646

>>5793572
The problem with snowflake american units isn't that they're complicated but that they exist

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 14:41:26 No.5793646 Report

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>>5793633
Shut it, Jungle Texas.

Andy

Andy ID:a3Tl+8Ol Tue 10 Jul 2018 17:25:52 No.5794724 Report

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>>5793373
Fuck off it's how you can tell if you're are person from Michigan.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:uOHc+gSs Tue 10 Jul 2018 17:29:41 No.5794762 Report

Quoted By: >>5795001

>>5793373
Contractions are still proper grammar, and how do you decide to indicate in word is a possessive without it?

Anonymous

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Anonymous ID:OteiR0XU Tue 10 Jul 2018 17:34:46 No.5794790 Report

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the apostrophe denotes ownership. they want to deny anyone ownership of anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:LDZPfUbi Tue 10 Jul 2018 17:51:02 No.5794868 Report

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/bant/ is now an anti apostrophe board

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 18:08:37 No.5795001 Report

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>>5794762
The website will answer all of your questions.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:nVAE2cZd Tue 10 Jul 2018 18:12:48 No.5795040 Report

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>>5793532
language evolves to become easyer to speak dumb dumb

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:kv1Vyz4E Tue 10 Jul 2018 18:14:19 No.5795053 Report

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>>5793373
Actually I prefer to write do not instead of don't

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:nVAE2cZd Tue 10 Jul 2018 18:14:30 No.5795054 Report

Quoted By: >>5795067

If anything needs to get removed it's the question mark. That shit is fucking useless

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 18:16:06 No.5795067 Report

Quoted By: >>5795096

>>5795054
The question mark changes the pronunciation, apostrophes dont (e.g. "it is?" vs "it is.").

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:nVAE2cZd Tue 10 Jul 2018 18:18:42 No.5795096 Report

Quoted By: >>5795170

>>5795067
you say
is it
if you want to ask a question
you say it is if you're making a statement

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 18:30:50 No.5795170 Report

Quoted By: >>5795174

>>5795096
No, it can be both.
- "It's raining outside!"
- "It is?"

- "It's raining outside!"
- "It is"

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:nVAE2cZd Tue 10 Jul 2018 18:32:14 No.5795174 Report

Quoted By: >>5795223

>>5795170
You're right but that seems pointless when you could just say
is it, and then you would never need a question mark Ever

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lidRS1aE Tue 10 Jul 2018 18:38:10 No.5795223 Report

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>>5795174
Its called an example. Im sure this isnt the only scenario where it could be confusing.

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