Punctuation

[Apollo]

Well. we were invited to

Only one place that it goes and that is before the 60
'60s
Indicating you have missed out the 19.
Yes, but what if it is class sixties, as in the trains'??
That is the sense I was referring too, to the year.
...... even though it is not really vital, would class become the 19??
Ok, ok, I'll take a look, but that was just what I was told.........

My interpretation:
60s would appear as... well, 60s. This is because it is a numeric representation of sixties, which doesn't appear as 'sixties. The pedantic would use '60s to represent the drop of 19 from 1960s, so, you pays your money... but 60s is preferable as it saves a character.

Not familiar with the trains, but Class 60 would pluralise to Class 60s. Assuming its a techincal term, it wouldn't be expressed in words as Class sixty or sixties. The wheels on the the train would be the Class 60's wheels

You'll have to excuse me for not considering the http://www.soyouwanna.com/ site, but I think I'd be on fairly safe bet that most of us won't be consulting an American site for advice on English grammar

[Pgcc93]

Quite correct Apollo I can see this punctuation lark only getting worser as time goes on

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Kids these days!
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[Apollo]

We could start one on spelling 2

[kn0wledge]

I should like to applaud you for upholding the standards of punctuation that are sadly falling ever lower in today's society, most notably on the internet. Bad punctuation and spelling is lazy and discourteous to the reader, implying that you cannot be bothered to look it up before you hit 'send.'

Mis-spelling words that we learn in primary school (you're/your, there/they're/their, too/to et al) is fucking unholy and should be punishable by death.

[JayKay]

If I had a pound for ever time I have had to correct the copy of political "experts" who write MSP's and MP's I would be a far richer man than I am right now.

[Apollo]

To strive, to seek, to find, but not to yeild

Oh dear

I'm too much af a coward, will somebody else please let Speedbird know about the (no doubt deliberate) error contained the current sig please?

[duncan]

... Assuming its a techincal term ...

it's a technical

[duncan]

I'm too much af a coward, will somebody else please let Speedbird know about the (no doubt deliberate) error contained the current sig please?

you spelt of wrongly. also you're missing in from before 'the current' methinks.

[Speedbird]

I do hate smartarses

[Apollo]

... Assuming its a techincal term ...

it's a technical

Close, but no coconut as I was using its as a pronoun, so no apostrophe. Don't you just love exact sciences?

I spelt technical wrong too (techincal) but if we included bad typing like mine usually is like that post and others, this thread really would be never ending. But, we could start another

[humble] Is there a non-occurance of a capital Y at the start of your sentence? [/humble]

[thecatsmother]

... Assuming its a techincal term ...

it's a technical

Close, but no coconut as I was using its as a pronoun, so no apostrophe. Don't you just love exact sciences?

Nice try, but wrong. You should only leave the apostrophe out of the possesive pronoun - so, for example "the dog chewed its bone". What you wrote was a contraction of "it is", so it's written "it's".

[Apollo]

The coconut winner, and with the reason

No arguments this end.

[thecatsmother]

Hollow victory, since I hate coconut except on Caramel Logs, oddly. I don't generally go about correcting people's spelling/grammar, by the way (except in a previous life when I was paid to do so), and I've just noticed there was a comma missing from my previous post, but you seemed to want to know. Well, that's my excuse. Nothing to do with me having Chickenpox and being VERY irritable... honest!

[Apollo]

So, you won't listen to me telling you what to do with your apostrophes?

Well then, LISTEN TO BOB, THE ANGRY FLOWER!

http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

[Apollo]

On the other hand, we could just DESTROY THE APOSTROPHE and simplify everything:

http://www.angryflower.com/destro.html