For those amongst us with a pedantic leaning, here is an interesting link with which to bash - or pity - those writers on TV, who haven´t a clue how to use the apostrophe.............. I personally cringe when I see such mistakes.....................

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jht...MC-exp_12112008

For those amongst us with a pedantic leaning, here is an interesting link with which to bash - or pity - those writers on TV, who haven´t a clue how to use the apostrophe.............. I personally cringe when I see such mistakes.....................

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jht...MC-exp_12112008

Troll or Dick, can't decide.

No need to be insulting. It simply hasn't got anything to do with Thailand.

For those amongst us with a pedantic leaning, here is an interesting link with which to bash - or pity - those writers on TV, who haven´t a clue how to use the apostrophe.............. I personally cringe when I see such mistakes.....................

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jht...MC-exp_12112008

I would suggest you stop reading TV if you cringe at such minor errors , even the pedantic amongst us make more than minor errors whilst tyeping , it is human to err .

For those amongst us with a pedantic leaning, here is an interesting link with which to bash - or pity - those writers on TV, who haven´t a clue how to use the apostrophe.............. I personally cringe when I see such mistakes.....................

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jht...MC-exp_12112008

Watch out where the Huskies go

And don't you eat that yellow snow....

OP, Other than first lanuage english contributors to TV, i havent really seen any badly formed posts, ie, lack of punctuation, perhaps you could enlighten the forum by giving names ect, im sure they would clean up there act if they were pointed out.

Not really a topic for TV, but I wondered why some people are so sensitive about the OP's interest in the apostrophe. I don't suppose one would find any clue in their previous posts.

Not really a topic for TV, but I wondered why some people are so sensitive about the OP's interest in the apostrophe. I don't suppose one would find any clue in their previous posts.

Hehe.

Not a topic for TV? It was on Newsnight last night! Oh, that TV...

It should be banished into the bowels of hel_l. The apostrophe is merely a device for the strong to bully the weak.

And why can't non Thailand topics be discussed on TV? Doesn't do any harm, does it?

In times like this when many people in the world are worrying about war, poverty, and global recession, now you want us to worry about the apostrophe ! Geez !!!

The link seems to be saying that it doesn't matter!

Or is that:

The link seem's to be saying that it doesnt matter!

And why can't non Thailand topics be discussed on TV? Doesn't do any harm, does it?

You, as in you, can discuss non-Thailand Topics, just head off to Forum 47.

Moss

I think its terrible the way the apostrophe is misused. Its' not difficult and if your not prepared to use good English, its' you're mistake.

i dont care about people not using apostrophes but what bothers me is when people just keep typing away and dont bother to use general punctuation like commas or periods they dont even bother to use a full stop to end a sentence or a capital letter to start the next one this makes trying to read these awful posts quite difficult sometimes and i for one just ignore them

Dint no there is so many English teacher on TVs

I think its terrible the way the apostrophe is misused. Its' not difficult and if your not prepared to use good English, its' you're mistake.

I know what you mean mate.

There instead of their, could of been instead of could have been, I have even come across a few posters who use a comma instead on an apostrophe.

It is funny how minor things can stand out so much to some. I guess we all have our little quirks.

What ever floats your boat I guess.

For those amongst us with a pedantic leaning, here is an interesting link with which to bash - or pity - those writers on TV, who haven´t a clue how to use the apostrophe.............. I personally cringe when I see such mistakes.....................

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jht...MC-exp_12112008

I would suggest you stop reading TV if you cringe at such minor errors , even the pedantic amongst us make more than minor errors whilst tyeping , it is human to err .

To err is human,

but to really stuff things up, you need a computer, a couple of grogs, a red mist and a bitter vetch!

Enjoy!

I think its terrible the way the apostrophe is misused. Its' not difficult and if your not prepared to use good English, its' you're mistake.

I know what you mean mate.

(Missed a couple ^^)

For all you Facebookers out there, check out the group called: "Every time you misplace an apostrophe, God kills another kitten..."

And for all you realy gud reeders out there, check this out: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle4602609.ece

OP, Other than first lanuage english contributors to TV, i havent really seen any badly formed posts, ie, lack of punctuation, perhaps you could enlighten the forum by giving names ect, im sure they would clean up there act if they were pointed out.

Your humour seems to have been missed by most

jeeeess's... I's thought's I's skipped's classes's today's.

Can't say I wake up in a cold sweat worrying about this one.

I blame my weak arse 'spell checker' for not catching my typing and grammar errors...... But really, I don't make any......

I think its terrible the way the apostrophe is misused. Its' not difficult and if your not prepared to use good English, its' you're mistake.

oh such nonsense sweetpea

how about non english speakers who wish to add their voice

should we test them before they post?

surely, so long as we can understand what they say and its of some value we can get by we should not make such a big fuss over nothing.

OP, Other than first lanuage english contributors to TV, i havent really seen any badly formed posts, ie, lack of punctuation, perhaps you could enlighten the forum by giving names ect, im sure they would clean up there act if they were pointed out.

Your humour seems to have been missed by most

And, the more you look the more you see.

Quite clever really.

:D

And why can't non Thailand topics be discussed on TV? Doesn't do any harm, does it?

You, as in you, can discuss non-Thailand Topics, just head off to Forum 47.

Moss

What is Forum 47 when it's at home?

For those amongst us with a pedantic leaning, here is an interesting link with which to bash - or pity - those writers on TV, who haven´t a clue how to use the apostrophe.............. I personally cringe when I see such mistakes.....................

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jht...MC-exp_12112008

Troll or Dick, can't decide.

Why should I be a troll or a dick?????? I´ve submitted plenty of sensible postings over the last 12 months to have dispelled such assumptions - a bit insulting, don´t you think, to make such insinuations? There are plenty of people here, who are interested in the intricacies of the English language. I was simply pointing out what I consider to be an interesting newpaper article!!!

here we go~

hahahaha wait ill get the pop corn!!!!!!!

sorry's

Wake me up !