Loki Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Ken Kennedy has just posted this message on his official site at http://www.ken-kennedy.comSaying that Vince McMahon is responsible for the deaths of the Benoit's That was a fantastic read until he misspelt the plural of Benoit. Now he's just like all the other net writers - illiterate.
Paid Members DJ Kris Posted July 13, 2007 Paid Members Posted July 13, 2007 Ken Kennedy has just posted this message on his official site at http://www.ken-kennedy.comSaying that Vince McMahon is responsible for the deaths of the Benoit's That was a fantastic read until he misspelled the plural of Benoit. Now he's just like all the other net writers - illiterate.Surely that's how you spell the plural of Benoit? Normally more than one would have a comma before the s. Not that I'm a literary expert.
Mab Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Ken Kennedy has just posted this message on his official site at http://www.ken-kennedy.comSaying that Vince McMahon is responsible for the deaths of the Benoit's That was a fantastic read until he misspelt the plural of Benoit. Now he's just like all the other net writers - illiterate.What is the plural for Benoit then?
freaky Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Ken Kennedy has just posted this message on his official site at http://www.ken-kennedy.comSaying that Vince McMahon is responsible for the deaths of the Benoit's That was a fantastic read until he misspelled the plural of Benoit. Now he's just like all the other net writers - illiterate. Normally more than one would have a comma before the s. Not that I'm a literary expert.No, you wouldn't. Plurals don't have apostrophes, as evidenced in this sentence.
Paid Members DJ Kris Posted July 13, 2007 Paid Members Posted July 13, 2007 Ken Kennedy has just posted this message on his official site at http://www.ken-kennedy.comSaying that Vince McMahon is responsible for the deaths of the Benoit's That was a fantastic read until he misspelled the plural of Benoit. Now he's just like all the other net writers - illiterate. Normally more than one would have a comma before the s. Not that I'm a literary expert.No, you wouldn't. Plurals don't have apostrophes, as evidenced in this sentence.I always get confused But at least I can enjoy his literary error while pointing out Kennedy's Was that right?
Just Me Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Ken Kennedy has just posted this message on his official site at http://www.ken-kennedy.comSaying that Vince McMahon is responsible for the deaths of the Benoit's That was a fantastic read until he misspelled the plural of Benoit. Now he's just like all the other net writers - illiterate.Surely that's how you spell the plural of Benoit? Normally more than one would have a comma before the s. Not that I'm a literary expert. Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean...
Paid Members Jaffa Posted July 13, 2007 Paid Members Posted July 13, 2007 Ken Kennedy has just posted this message on his official site at http://www.ken-kennedy.comSaying that Vince McMahon is responsible for the deaths of the Benoit's That was a fantastic read until he misspelt the plural of Benoit. Now he's just like all the other net writers - illiterate.What is the plural for Benoit then?Where is The Spelling Bee when you need him?
Loki Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 There are NO apostrophes in a plural, not ever. An apostrophe indicates posession, as in "Benoit's dead son" or "Benoit's syringe". For plurals, you just use an "s".The confusion comes in a plural possessive - so "the Benoits' funeral" is the funeral of all the Benoits. You put the apostrophe after the "s".So all you people who keep posting about "DVD's" are morons.
Paid Members JNLister Posted July 13, 2007 Paid Members Posted July 13, 2007 An apostrophe indicates posession, as in "Benoit's dead son"Jesus Christ, don't let Fox News hear about that.
Dean Ayass Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 There are NO apostrophes in a plural, not ever. An apostrophe indicates posession, as in "Benoit's dead son" or "Benoit's syringe". For plurals, you just use an "s".The confusion comes in a plural possessive - so "the Benoits' funeral" is the funeral of all the Benoits. You put the apostrophe after the "s".So all you people who keep posting about "DVD's" are morons.No they're not morons. "DVD's" is correct as a plural, because DVD is an abbreviation. The apostrophe therefore signifies in this instance that there are letters missing between the D and the S (in this case 'isc').So, for example:Compact Disc's is incorrect.CD's is correct.
Guest Josh Jenkins Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 There are NO apostrophes in a plural, not ever. An apostrophe indicates posession, as in "Benoit's dead son" or "Benoit's syringe". For plurals, you just use an "s".The confusion comes in a plural possessive - so "the Benoits' funeral" is the funeral of all the Benoits. You put the apostrophe after the "s".So all you people who keep posting about "DVD's" are morons.No they're not morons. "DVD's" is correct as a plural, because DVD is an abbreviation. The apostrophe therefore signifies in this instance that there are letters missing between the D and the S (in this case 'isc').So, for example:Compact Disc's is incorrect.CD's is correct.If that's correct then surely it should be C'D's with the apostrophe between C and D to indicate the letters missing between them (ompact)?Maybe I'm just stupid though
ukedge87 Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 I've just got back from travelling for 3 months, and have seen no wrestling since then.This is the first I've heard about any of this.Fuck. The whole thing is fucking horrible, and WWE's repsonse is fucking crazy, getting rid of the DVD and stuff.Fuck.
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted July 13, 2007 Moderators Posted July 13, 2007 I've just got back from travelling for 3 months, and have seen no wrestling since then.This is the first I've heard about any of this.Fuck. The whole thing is fucking horrible, and WWE's repsonse is fucking crazy, getting rid of the DVD and stuff.Fuck.Wow, that's crazy man.. I can't believe you didn't hear about it. Must be quite a shock. Where were you travelling at? Just wondering because I think a lot of places whether you watched wrestling or not I would've thought that you would have heard about it.
Loki Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 (edited) There are NO apostrophes in a plural, not ever. An apostrophe indicates posession, as in "Benoit's dead son" or "Benoit's syringe". For plurals, you just use an "s".The confusion comes in a plural possessive - so "the Benoits' funeral" is the funeral of all the Benoits. You put the apostrophe after the "s".So all you people who keep posting about "DVD's" are morons.No they're not morons. "DVD's" is correct as a plural, because DVD is an abbreviation. The apostrophe therefore signifies in this instance that there are letters missing between the D and the S (in this case 'isc').So, for example:Compact Disc's is incorrect.CD's is correct.If that's correct then surely it should be C'D's with the apostrophe between C and D to indicate the letters missing between them (ompact)?Maybe I'm just stupid though Quite. You can use apostrophes to signify contraction , as in "it's" instead of "it is", where the apostrophe represents the missing "i" of "is", but "DVD's" is not a correct plural. It IS a common mistake, I've even seen it in DVD trade mags, but it is quite definitely wrong. Sorry! Edited July 13, 2007 by Loki
Paid Members JNLister Posted July 13, 2007 Paid Members Posted July 13, 2007 CD's is wrong. http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
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