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It must be a silent R (lemmy.world)

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[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago

By decades they meant "the 1970s" or "the 60s"

I don't know if we can rely on British popularity, given y'all's prevalence of the "greengrocer's apostrophe."

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

Never heard of the greengrocer's apostrophe so I looked it up. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-greengrocers-apostrophe-1690826

I absolutely love that there's a group called the Apostrophe Protection Society. Is there something like that for the Oxford Comma? I'd gladly join them!

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

I will die on both of those hills alongside you.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 4 months ago

In fact, there’s a hit song called “Oxford Comma”!

[-] Beanie@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

Hah, I do not like the greengrocer's apostrophe. It is just wrong no matter how you look at it. The Oxford comma is a little different - it's not technically wrong, but it should only be used to avoid confusion.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

I use it for fun, frivolity, and beauty.

[-] Beanie@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

Oh right - that would be the same category as numbers then. (Looked it up out of curiosity: using apostrophes isn't incorrect, but it seems to be an older/less formal way of pluralising them.)