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Matt D · Post by **Matt D** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:01 am

&quotSnake&quot wrote: Don’t you wish you never posted that?

i think it was the errant apostrophe kernow yellow was helpfully pointing out.

Pe├▒a Oxford United · Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:45 am

A helpful guide

Matt D · Post by **Matt D** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:12 am

a helpful institution on 'its' and 'it's' is here.

now if we could just have the use of the oxford comma as mandatory on the forum, i would be a happy poster.

Pe├▒a Oxford United · Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:58 am

Next up: should commas be used directly after brackets?

SmileyMan · Post by **SmileyMan** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:02 pm

My favourite conundrum has always been what to do with question marks in sentences containing spoken questions.

As in:

&quotWhat is the point of this thread?&quot asked Smiley.

I always have to fight myself to not put a comma in there! It just looks wrong in the 'correct' form.

DLT · Post by **DLT** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:17 pm

And in the history of internet forums has there ever been one who has had more debates about the correct use of the apostrophe can this forum.

I seriously doubt it.

boris · Post by **boris** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:46 pm

&quotMatt D&quot wrote: now if we could just have the use of the oxford comma as mandatory on the forum, i would be a happy poster.

I totally agree. The Rage Online style guide (if anyone wants to write news items or articles for the site let me know and I'll send you a copy) insists on them.

Commas after brackets? It depends if the the bracketed text comes at the end of a clause or not, I'd have thought.

Kernow Yellow · Post by **Kernow Yellow** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:28 pm

&quotSnake&quot wrote:Don’t you wish you never posted that?

Why's that then?

Pe├▒a Oxford United · Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:48 pm

&quotDLT&quot wrote:And in the history of internet forums has there ever been one who has had more debates about the correct use of the apostrophe can this forum.

I seriously doubt it.

Don't you believe it, I post on lots of forums.

(Forums/fora, there's another debate. And the capitalisation of The in &quotThe Valley&quot and similar terms. And the question of whether a sentence can begin with &quotand&quot.

boris · Post by **boris** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:41 pm

&quotPeña Oxford United&quot wrote: And the question of whether a sentence can begin with &quotand&quot.

To be fair, that's not actually a question.

Snake · Post by **Snake** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:58 pm

&quotKernow Yellow&quot wrote:
&quotSnake&quot wrote:Don’t you wish you never posted that?
Why's that then?

Because both you and I are now heavily responsible for this latest outbreak of pedantry on this board.

Pe├▒a Oxford United · Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:05 pm

Those who do not learn from their grammatical errors are doomed to repeat them.

Snake · Post by **Snake** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:18 pm

While thatÔÇÖs entirely true, without occasionally challenging the laid down rules then languages would not evolve, init?

YF Dan · Post by **YF Dan** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:17 am

Meanwhile, back in the real world, the Darren Patterson revolution continues at pace.

Why is it that now we're winning, all we can talk about is 's?

If only Smith had gone a month earlier.

GodalmingYellow · Post by **GodalmingYellow** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:42 am

Only on this forum would such a debate about proper grammar be discussed as such length. Everyone must be really bored.

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