Phanerothyme Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 No, explain which letter the apostrophe represents. You fluked your O level English Language? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofstrad Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Oh, and the answer to the OP is YES, Of course it's worth having kids, that's what life is about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 You fluked your O level English Language? So you don't know what the apostrophe replaces:D:D:love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHsheff Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 The peoples' millionaire. Loving the apostrophe now, man. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 :roll::roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHsheff Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 :roll::roll: ...and you rolled your eyes at a gesture of reconciliation because...? :roll::roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 ...and you rolled your eyes at a gesture of reconciliation because...? :roll::roll: His avatar is now wrong and nobody seems able to explain what the apostrophe is meant to represent.:D:love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica23 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 His avatar is now wrong and nobody seems able to explain what the apostrophe is meant to represent.:D:love: It's a possessive apostrophe, as in 'the cat's mother'. The apostrophe there doesn't replace a missing letter, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHsheff Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 His avatar is now wrong and nobody seems able to explain what the apostrophe is meant to represent.:D:love: Oh, sorry, I think we thought you were messing about when you said you didn't know what the apostrophe was meant to denote. It's "of", as in, "The millionaire of the people". Therefore, "The people's millionaire". See? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 It's a possessive apostrophe, as in 'the cat's mother'. The apostrophe there doesn't replace a missing letter, either. That's not the way I was taught Jessica. For example there's is there is but theirs belongs to them. No apostrophe. An apostrophe is meant to replace something or why bother with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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