# Abolish apostrophes and commas!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abolish-apostrophes-and-commas/540967>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 27, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abolish-apostrophes-and-commas/540967 "2010-05-27T16:39:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abolish-apostrophes-and-commas/540967/41 "2010-06-02T18:57:38Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Arent most grandpas?

Mine was rather tough and stringy, actually.

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abolish-apostrophes-and-commas/540967/42 "2010-06-03T14:27:29Z")

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This thread is experiencing scope creep, or it’s experiencing scope, creep.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abolish-apostrophes-and-commas/540967/43 "2010-06-03T14:32:36Z")

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> [@Enderw24](#):
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> Woman: without her, man is nothing.
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> Woman, without her man, is nothing.

Conservative government unemployment figures.

Conservative government: unemployment. Figures.

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