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(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:23, archived)
# No apostrophe,
not a man,
The Navy is shit.

Other than these, woo!
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:24, archived)
# afternoon
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:24, archived)
# you sure?
it is = it's
no?
/failed english blog

edit : nice save :D
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:25, archived)
# You're right.
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:25, archived)
# MAN'S*
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:27, archived)
# Mans?
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:26, archived)
# That apostrophe is right,
but there isn't one in "man's" when there should be.
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:26, archived)
# man is world?
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:26, archived)
# POSSESSIVE APOSTROPHE
UNGHHHHHHHHHH
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:27, archived)
# *sulks*
*crawls back under his rock*
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:28, archived)
# mans= belonging to
man's = plural ffs or men's
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:28, archived)
# Do you want to check that?
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:29, archived)
# NO, the other way around.
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:29, archived)
# haha
*tries to click 'I like this'*
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:31, archived)
# He shoots
and misses.

and it is

mens' world.
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:31, archived)
# and that was
Master Of Turnips' post.
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:36, archived)
# thats' a funny one
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:37, archived)
# No it wasn't
It was Master of Turnips's post.

It DOESN'T matter if your name ends in an S, the plural is still 's.

eg, James's, not James'
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:38, archived)
# what
about if there where two james?
*is so confuzzled it hurts*
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:39, archived)
# It was the James' dog, family name
or, it was James's dog, as an individual
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:43, archived)
# thank you
*remembered that bit at least*
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:48, archived)
# for someone who did the men's thing wrong
you sure like to get indignant
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:41, archived)
# nothing wrong with hypocracy.
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:42, archived)
# aha
government by hypocrites?
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:43, archived)
# Do we not already have one?
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:45, archived)
# maybe you do
but I live in the US where everything is open and honest
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:46, archived)
# *laughs*
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:50, archived)
# St James’ Park, Newcastle.
i rest my case
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:44, archived)
# Haha, you're using grammar by people from Newcastle?
Idiot.

Just because someone wrote it wrong once, doesn't make it right.
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:46, archived)
# Possessive.
The apostrophe denotes, "belonging to", as in "Beattie's paper hat".
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:28, archived)
# It's a Beattie's paper hat
in the Navy.
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:29, archived)
# you win Yoda
failed england enyweigh
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:30, archived)
# to make it easier
there's no such word as 'mans'... for any reason

EDIT: Except maybe in 'Le Mans'
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:32, archived)
# noooooooooooooooooooooooooo
teh kittinz....not the kittinz
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:25, archived)
# Makes a good silencer, I've heard.
(, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 16:34, archived)