Armorsmith Archive
Thread: It's spelled...(Pet Peeve time)
CaileSathinor wrote:
Jilea wrote:
so caylie can u make me some mandaleriorian armor please
With the day I've had, don't think I won't hunt you down and kill you on Radiant...
Its ok Kialie, we all still love you
thta should help you survive the day 
Since we're talking pet peeves.... Abbreviators
HI I HAV SUM CORES 4 U CAN U MAK ME SUM ARMOR PLS?
No. Go away, learn English, then come back and ask your question again.
Oh, and what about the Lambada shuttle?
Iridescence wrote:
darthbock wrote:
Jedi is the plural of.. Jedi. Not Jedis, not Jedi's . The apostrophe abuse that goes on in game and on these forums - the horror!
Agh, I was just going to post this!! This is the bane of my SWG existance.
I swear everytime someone says "Jedi's" an angel loses its wings (or ANY time someone uses an apostrophe in a plural).
Unless of course they are using "Jedi's" as a possessive. Then it's ok. 
ie:A Jedi's saber is his most precious possession...
Keeper32 wrote:
Wouldn't that be "A Jedis saber is his most precious possesion"?
One of my old english teachers always said that the apostrophe is there to seperate words, eg. "don't", "can't" etc.
In that spirit, that line wouldsay "A Jedi is saber is his most precious possesion".
Maybe it's just another English/US grammatorical hickup, or maybe he just didn't know what he was talking about lol.
Well it's both toindicate where letters have been taken out in contractions AND to indicate possession.The catch to that is the word "its". With an apostophe"it's" means "it is" and without an apostrophe "its"is possessive. Then there's the case wherea word or name ends in "s" and you want to show possession. Then you just put the apostrophe after the "s".
The monkey scratched its back. It's smart enough to scratch when it itches.
I went to Abe's place.
I didn't go to Chris' place.
I can not figure out whypeople can't spell. ( ' in place of "no" in can not )
I don't knowifusing an apostopheto show possessionoriginated as a US thing, but having grown up here in the US that is the way I've always been taught. 
*edited for clarity*
Message Edited by DeQuosaek on 07-01-2005 03:30 PM
Keeper32 wrote:
Wouldn't that be "A Jedis saber is his most precious possesion"?
One of my old english teachers always said that the apostrophe is there to seperate words, eg. "don't", "can't" etc.
In that spirit, that line wouldsay "A Jedi is saber is his most precious possesion".
Maybe it's just another English/US grammatorical hickup, or maybe he just didn't know what he was talking about lol.
Apostrophes are used for two primary purposes in modern English -- contractions and possessive nouns.
Possession is usually indicated by the addition of an apostrophe and an "s." In the event that a possessing noun ends in an s, x, or z, the final "s" can be omitted and just an apostrophe used.
It can sometimes be confusing, particularly when the 's is used to contract for "is," so contractions are generally frowned upon in formal writing.