` is not an apostrophe!, ' is an apostrophe |
| *mipadi* |
 Jun 30 2005, 10:31 PM
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I have no idea why, but it seems that every other post I read has someone, at least one person, who uses the ` character as an apostrophe. ` is not an apostrophe! ' is an apostrophe! It's easy to tell them apart: ' is straight up and down. ` is not. ' is located immediately to the left of the return key (or the enter key for you Windows folks). ` is located to the left of the 1 key. I have no idea what ` is used for exactly, but it is not an apostrophe, and should not be used as such! Take note of the following examples:
This is incorrect: My brother`s name is Joe and he`s fourteen years old. This is what it should be: My brother's name is Joe and he's fourteen years old. Educate yourselves. Use the correct character for an apostrophe! By the way, I think this was brought up before--possibly somewhere in the excellent English 101 thread, but I found the improper usage of ` so widespread that I thought it should be highlighted all on its own. The improper use of ` is a growing epidemic that must be stopped! |
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Jun 30 2005, 10:53 PM
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 ilikeyouSofreakingmuch.  Group: Member Posts: 2,014 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 643 |
uuuhh.. yeah i think they know that ` isnt exactly an apostrophe .. they just like it and why in the world does it bother you so much?
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| *mipadi* |
Jun 30 2005, 11:04 PM
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QUOTE(ichiban @ Jun 30 2005, 11:53 PM) uuuhh.. yeah i think they know that ` isnt exactly an apostrophe .. they just like it and why in the world does it bother you so much?  I used to be an English major, and I'm a newspaper editor. We notice improper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. |
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Jun 30 2005, 11:36 PM
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mood: content Group: Member Posts: 2,063 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 42,325 |
QUOTE(mipadi @ Jun 30 2005, 10:31 PM) I have no idea what ` is used for exactly, but it is not an apostrophe, and should not be used as such! Take note of the following examples: QUOTE(mipadi @ Jun 30 2005, 11:04 PM) I used to be an English major, and I'm a newspaper editor. We notice improper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Rofl, if you're an English major and newspaper editor, shouldn't you know?  I think ` is used accents or something.  Who knows?
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Jun 30 2005, 11:38 PM
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QUOTE(mocassinsx29 @ Jul 1 2005, 12:36 AM) Rofl, if you're an English major and newspaper editor, shouldn't you know? I think ` is used accents or something. Who knows?Nope. Accents go over letters, like this: é. I'm not sure ` is actually used in the English language, or any language with a similar alphabet. Edit: Evidently on some systems it was once used in combination with other characters to make grave accents, but it's not used for that purpose much anymore. It's still used as a special character in several programming languages, including Perl, Lisp, Verilog, and in the pico text editor. But never as an apostrophe or apostrophe substitute.
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