If you want to get really technical, shouldn't you be using some semi-colons between all these independants?
who us? scud's got the body of an old man and the heart of choir-girl. he keeps the body chopped up in the freezer and the heart hanging from his rearview mirror.
Okay, folks, today we're going to talk about numbers and their proper place in the written language. Numbers one through ten, when being noted in text, should be typed out. For example, typing "five" is correct, whereas typing "5" is incorrect. Anything after the number ten, (ie., 11, 12, 13, etc.) can be typed in numerical form. When beginning a sentence with a number, type it out, even if it is higher than ten. For example, if you're writing about how many Ferraris were at an event, and want to begin your sentence with the number attended, write the number out as a word. "65 Ferraris showed up at the concours." is incorrect. That sentence should read as follows: "Sixty five Ferrari showed up at the concours." Please. Think of the numbers.
Correct. "people" is already plural, so an apostrophe s after it makes this plural word posessive. "Peoples' " would refer to many peoples (for example many types of people like races or other groups which posess something. But that's a really odd use. But the thing that drives me crazy the most is the use of "it's". The word "it's" means "it is" and is NOT posessive. Proper use: "My grammar is not perfect but it's decent." The "it's" is a contraction for "it is". Imporper use: "I love my new Alfa but it's first gear is tempermental." The improper use really means, "I love my Alfa but it is first gear is tempermental." Conclusion: "It's" = "it is".
THANK YOU NNO. Reading posts is getting really painful lately. My contribution: "A LOT" is TWO WORDS folks. Writing "alot" makes you look, well, kind of stupid. I can't even bear to read this post. just like y'all to know... http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89306 Spelling and typos aren't even that big of a deal, it's the horrible use of the apostrophe that actually makes posts hard to read. It's a sad fact that plenty of people still don't "get" the apostrophe, when to use it, and the fact that "Ferrari's" does not mean what you think it does, even if it "looks" right. It may look right to you, but it looks very wrong to everyone who knows how to write. Heh, this thread is for ranting, right? We should all take a cue from this book: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592400876/002-0458314-1747217?v=glance&n=283155 EDIT: Looks like someone else beat me to "A LOT"! Nice one, Matteo!
Mike... The irony of this entire thread is that, long ago, Matteo had to correct me because I always spelled "a lot" as "alot"...
Oh great English and Grammar wizard! Please guide me towards the correct usage of a colon and semi-colon
Looks like someone got their hands on the AP style guide. He is a little factoid from my copy editing days.... Do you know why the media refers to GW Bush as "Mr.. Bush" and not President Bush? Well, the AP style, to which media adheres, says that if there are two heads of state with the same last name, the first is referred to as the title and the latter is referred to as "Mr.".
Why can't they just say, "President Bush" and "former President Bush"...? When they're both former, then they can start using the word "senior"...
One foreign dignitary *chortle* horking on another would probably leave an impression on any young mind
