I just wanna say

[Doivid]

For people who are confused about apostrophe usage:

's is either "[word] is" OR "[noun/name]'s [possessed object]"

((Sidenote: if the noun or name ends with S then stick an apostrophe after it and don't add another S))

Ill show you some examples:

It's a boy
The dog's bone
Harry's wife
The steak's done

If you say "there are 50 state's in the US" you are saying "there are 50 state is in the US"

If you say "I have 2 car's" you are saying "car is."

you can get the hang of this by looking at your text and if it's not a noun or name, saying the full word "is". If it sounds right, leave it. If it doesn't make sense, you know the apostrophe doesn't apply.

This thread is brought to you by Nex's frustration with Gwazi misspelling jealous. I find Gwazi's struggle with this issue more noticeable because I do that internal "[word] is" exercise and it always looks wrong to me.

Edit: possessive apostrophe doesn't apply to "it" because it is a pronoun.

Edit 2: and yes, I do expect ironic shitpost replies to this. I'm at peace with that.

[aza]

Or just place them wherever and hope for the best

thats what I do when it comes to speaking

[Doivid]

@Azarthes

You enunciate apostrophes when speaking?

Speaking follows phonological rules anyway, so its more a matter if which if the three plural phonemes you apply depending on the case. You tend to do it unconsciously because of sound assimilation. :p

[Vilageidiotx]

Don't forget that you can use apostrophes to make faces.

'.'

[aza]

@Azarthes

You enunciate apostrophes when speaking?

Speaking follows phonological rules anyway, so its more a matter if which if the three plural phonemes you apply depending on the case. You tend to do it unconsciously because of sound assimilation. :p

@Doivid

Totally do yo

[BrobyDDark]

This's how's you's do's it's, right's?

[Vilageidiotx]

This's how's you's do's it's, right's?

@BrobyDDark

If "It" means "Talk like Golem", then yes.

[BrobyDDark]

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If "It" means "Talk like Golem", then yes.

@Vilageidiotx

...Did you mean Gollum?

...Because you said Golem...

...Is there a mentally unstable rock monster I don't know about?

[Vilageidiotx]

Sorry, got confused by Judaism.

[stark]

...Is there a mentally unstable rock monster I don't know about?

@BrobyDDark

Yes, there is and his name is @Hank

:D

[mdk]

"there are 50 state's in the US" you are saying "there are 50 state is in the US"

@Doivid

But then it gets fucky, because the States' state's not entirely clear. When a state (or states) states "State's," it could be the state's, or the state's up to something.

[Antarctic Termite]

I'm more worried about my friends confusing 'then' and 'than', to be honest. I don't know how they do it. .-.

[Hank]

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Yes, there is and his name is @Hank

:D

@Sherlock Holmes

Eat a dick, Holmes.

[Halo]

I'm more worried about my friends confusing 'then' and 'than', to be honest. I don't know how they do it. .-.

@Antarctic Termite

"Were" and "where", "specific" and "pacific", etc. drive me crazy.

[Hank]

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"Were" and "where", "specific" and "pacific", etc. drive me crazy.

@Halo

"Defiantly?"

[idlehands]

This is some Nex territory.

[Frizan]

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"Defiantly?"

@Hank

I find that the most annoying of all grammar mistakes.

[Halo]

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"Defiantly?"

@Hank

Shudder-inducing.

[Doivid]

This is some Nex territory.

@idlehands

Just imagine him watching this thread. Imagine what he must be feeling.

[BrobyDDark]

Nex is the worst Grammar Nazi, to be honest.