tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post8112095695708552991..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: Words I'm Looking Up (One in an occasional series on words I'm looking up)June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-2103635491383497802007-06-26T11:03:00.000-07:002007-06-26T11:03:00.000-07:00I should have included a link to the column Brian ...I should have included a link to the column Brian mentioned:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.grammarsnobs.com/apostrophecolumn6192007" REL="nofollow">HTML</A>June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-31617435995887048462007-06-26T10:33:00.000-07:002007-06-26T10:33:00.000-07:00Hi, Brian.You have a good point. I love those comp...Hi, Brian.<BR/><BR/>You have a good point. I love those compilations of real-life apostrophe abuse. There's a good blog in here showing how some people lowercase the letter "l" in otherwise all-capital words. It's hilarious: http://lowercasel.blogspot.com.<BR/><BR/>I'd embark on a similar project but, you know, nap time ....June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-85594860282335385762007-06-26T01:20:00.000-07:002007-06-26T01:20:00.000-07:00Don't see a relevant comment-instigation here, but...Don't see a relevant comment-instigation here, but as to your recent column on apostrophe's here goes:<BR/><BR/>Great column on apostrophes in the Glendale News Press the other day. I'm a mini-reader/fan, after having read your guidebook to grammar snobbery and being inspired enough to google your name in conjunction with the word "grammar". (hm, is that a correct placement of the "."?) Brilliant deduction, eh? <BR/>Anyway, regarding your statement concerning apostrophes, there might be "...other scenarios in which the apostrophe can be so confusing that you might want to start a campaign against it."<BR/>Well, I don't know as I'm as amibtious as all that (I do enjoy my naps too), but may I suggest getting the posse back together again? The posse? Why Herb Caen's "Apostrophe Posse," of course. On behalf of whom, amid the usual "three-dotted" items, he'd print particularly egregious or amusing uses of the dreaded apostrophe. <BR/>Then, instead of going to all the trouble of organizing and implementing a campaign to stamp out the pesky apostrophe, your readers could amuse you, I, and each other with whimsical examples of the apostrophe's use they notice on billboards, legal documents, newspaper ads, or, etc.<BR/>Thanks again,<BR/>BrianBrian Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726471495835502184noreply@blogger.com