Coding In The Darkness » apostrophe http://codinginthedarkness.com/blog Because coding in the daytime isn't difficult enough! Wed, 12 May 2010 18:36:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Apostrophe S or is it (’s)? http://codinginthedarkness.com/blog/the-apostrophe-s-or-is-it-s/14/ http://codinginthedarkness.com/blog/the-apostrophe-s-or-is-it-s/14/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:59:08 +0000 BenScowen http://codinginthedarkness.wordpress.com/?p=12 Now I think I have a good command of the English language, although the computer has ruined my need to check spelling, on paper or from the top of my head I can spell really well, just not on the keyboard.

But one error crippling me of late is the apostrophe S, yes that simple little (’s) that you see on most pages be it web, newspaper, magazines etc.
No doubt I will still have made a mistake on this post to which I will get a few comments about but hey, I am trying to get the hang of it.

A very nice woman form work Wendy who has to check all of the content I write must love getting my e-mails as I often get returns with many red errors! But she also gave me a very quick 30 minute or so run down on how to get to grips with this slippery ” ‘ ” fellow. I have to say in those 30 or so minutes I think I finally have it cracked, although maybe after years of writing in technical language and coding maybe its time I did some English revision so obviously using Wikipedia is one method but her are some links I found on the ol’ Google.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe_(mark)
http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/apostrophes.html
http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/apo.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/apostrophes/game.shtml – A bit simple perhaps but if your struggling don’t complain ;-)

With that off my chest, it’s time to do some more writing,

Stay Classy

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