i've heard native speakers are actually more prone to misusing apostrophes because they learned the sounds before writing, while non natives learn both at the same time
It's not a mistake native speakers would make unintentionally but I absolutely understand the ESL problems and, full disclosure, still have to remind myself about the rules for possessives.
It looks wrong and the system is wrong I will not apologize for or be bound by the failures of dead dudes
I love that the meme basically has double meaning if you know what is about to happen in the scene the image is from vs if you don't.
::: spoiler spoiler
That car in the background is about to run into him hard, flinging his milk and cereal all over his car. Basically, he is about to get fucked up.
:::
33 Comments
fireweed@lemmy.world · 79 pts · 129d
For the love of fuck, we're using apostrophes to conjugate verbs now too?
smeg@feddit.uk · 38 pts · 129d
Can't even blame this one on autocorrect, we've gone full apostrophe means "here comes an s"
boobs_@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 129d
Fixed the original post's typos
Luccus@feddit.org · 8 pts · 129d
I use the apostrophe whenever I'm too lazy to type the proper letter. Like:
''''' ''''' '''' ''' ''
''''' ''''' ''' ''' ''''
''''' ''''' ''' '''''' ''' '''''' '''
myrrh@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 127d
Hupf@feddit.org · 1 pts · 127d
,,,^..^,,,
myrrh@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 127d
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 127d
BRO! Language! You kiss your mother with that mouth?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 128d
You have to protect your letter's from those dangerou's terminal esse's!
x00z@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 128d
In some languages you use an apostrophe for pluralization in some cases. But even that doesn't make sense for the one in the OP.
iamthetot@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 128d
What languages use an apostrophe for plurals?
x00z@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 128d
Dutch for example.
::: spoiler spoiler
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TheOctonaut@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 128d
They said language, not dialect. Swamp German doesn't count
iamthetot@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 128d
Interesting. From a quick look, seems like it only applies to some borrowed words, nothing native to the language?
x00z@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 128d
Mhm, I can only think of loan words yes.
three@piefed.social · 3 pts · 128d
Ligmanese
x00z@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 128d
Ligmanese?
three@piefed.social · 1 pts · 128d
Ligma nese nuts
x00z@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 128d
:^)
astutemural@midwest.social · 2 pts · 127d
Hey, give the guy a break, cult leaders aren't known for their grammar.
(Check OP's username)
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 128d
Who ever made this it seems like
teft@piefed.social · -1 pts · 128d
A lot of people aren’t native speakers and also this is an easy error to make even for native speakers.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 127d
Really? "See's"?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 127d
I'm pretty sure non native speakers wouldn't make this mistake.
festnt@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 127d
i've heard native speakers are actually more prone to misusing apostrophes because they learned the sounds before writing, while non natives learn both at the same time
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 3 pts · 128d
It's not a mistake native speakers would make unintentionally but I absolutely understand the ESL problems and, full disclosure, still have to remind myself about the rules for possessives.
It looks wrong and the system is wrong I will not apologize for or be bound by the failures of dead dudes
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 28 pts · 128d
Can you censor that first apostrophe with a white marker pls? <3
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 128d
Task unsuccessfully completed:
festnt@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 127d
now add an apostrophe to mob's
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 127d
festnt@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 127d
that's a weird looking apo'strophe
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 127d
I love that the meme basically has double meaning if you know what is about to happen in the scene the image is from vs if you don't.
::: spoiler spoiler That car in the background is about to run into him hard, flinging his milk and cereal all over his car. Basically, he is about to get fucked up. :::
GiveOver@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 127d
It's his fault for eating cereal though
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 126d
One hundo P.
UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 128d
All hail an analfabet!