tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post114696570329992173..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: ApostrophesBarry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-1147311797675140782006-05-10T21:43:00.000-04:002006-05-10T21:43:00.000-04:00Where did this apostrophe come from? In our langu...Where did this apostrophe come from? In our language's Latin roots, one would swizzle the endings to drop the nouns into the right case. I never thought to ask about contractions - do they have them in Latin? I rather thought that German was much the same way. I have no idea what the Greeks did. So where did this little mark insinuate itself into our language?scouter573https://www.blogger.com/profile/10617089494446058172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-1147067830880460202006-05-08T01:57:00.000-04:002006-05-08T01:57:00.000-04:00Yes, it drives me nuts every time the PTA newslett...Yes, it drives me nuts every time the PTA newsletter for my daughter's school announces "Boy's Night Out" or "Girl's Night Out". I figure that he or she must be rather lonely. Even sadder is a church I used to attend that had a Single's Group!<BR/><BR/>A great humo[u]rous reference for this is <A HREF="http://www.eatsshootsandleaves.com/" REL="nofollow"> Eats, Shoots & Leaves</A> by Lynne Truss. She also has a study guide with lots more fun apostrophe rules <A HREF="http://www.eatsshootsandleaves.com/eslguide.pdf" REL="nofollow"> here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com