# How to use apostrophes, for fuck's sake - redux **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608 "2009-01-23T07:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/1 "2009-01-23T07:57:40Z")
One Obama. Two Obamas. Obama’s messed-up oath. The Obamas’ sex life. Obama’s in the bathroom right now and can’t come to the phone. I thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/2 "2009-01-23T08:06:25Z")
Whats you’re problem? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/3 "2009-01-23T08:14:03Z")
\*\*jjimm \*\*twitches at **Cuckoorex** ’s post… \*\*WhyNot \*\*giggles at **jjimm** ’s expense… Poster’s continue to fuck up apostrophe’s. ---
**Author:** ![papaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@papaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papaw)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/4 "2009-01-23T08:14:37Z")
I’ve been told many times on the internet that no one cares about that. I DO !!! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/5 "2009-01-23T08:41:22Z")
[Bob the Angry Flower’s Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots](http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/6 "2009-01-23T08:52:15Z")
You mean its not for plural’s ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/7 "2009-01-23T09:10:08Z")
Watch out! Here come’s an “S”! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/8 "2009-01-23T09:36:27Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Watch out! Here come’s an “S”! Or “whoops, there was an ‘S’. OMG it had an ‘A’ in front of it. I guess I should slam one after it, just in case. Don’t want anyone to think I’m slapdash!” ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/9 "2009-01-23T09:40:26Z")
This thread is going to become an example of Gauderes’ Law at its finest. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/10 "2009-01-23T09:43:56Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > This thread is going to become an example of Gauderes’ Law at its finest. I can just picture all them cheeky Gauderes, laughing smugly. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/11 "2009-01-23T17:38:03Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > One Obama. > > Two Obamas. > > Obama’s messed-up oath. > > The Obamas’ sex life. > > Obama’s in the bathroom right now and can’t come to the phone. > > I thank you. I also dislike the current trend of using apostrophes for pluralizing something because it’s short, i.e., “there are three M’s in that word.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/12 "2009-01-23T17:53:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I also dislike the current trend of using apostrophes for pluralizing something because it’s short, i.e., “there are three M’s in that word.” Gawd, yes. There are three Ms in that word. I have 15 DVDs in my pants. The 1980s will never die. An apostrophe is extraneous and messy. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/13 "2009-01-23T18:00:53Z")
Try having to go through a 80,000+ word document and correct every single time an apostrophe is used incorrectly, which is inevitably _every time_. And then sometimes some dumb shit doesn’t know the difference between commas and periods and comes up with crap like: > [@](#): > > Sally crossed the room, “I don’t want any pie, thanks.” She said. (insert nonsensical screaming and profanities here) Seeing stuff like this makes me cry blood. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/14 "2009-01-23T18:04:42Z")
It’s “reduck’s”, isn’t it. Or are you just being playful? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/15 "2009-01-23T18:07:42Z")
Who cares? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/16 "2009-01-23T18:12:12Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Who cares? :rolleyes: Some of the people in this thread do. And Lynn Truss. You carry on doing whatever you like, though. Some people may think you look stupid if you fail to follow the very simple rules; the majority won’t even notice, though. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/17 "2009-01-23T18:15:28Z")
Whats this’ all about then? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/18 "2009-01-23T18:17:31Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Some of the people in this thread do. And Lynn Truss. You carry on doing whatever you like, though. Some people may think you look stupid if you fail to follow the very simple rules; the majority won’t even notice, though. There \*are no \*“rules”. This is America, not France. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/19 "2009-01-23T18:34:42Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Who cares? :rolleyes: Ah… yeah, this happens a lot. The thread for people who don’t give a shit about this topic is actually down the hall. There next to the handicapped toilet. Hey, don’t worry; it happens. We’ve been meaning to get a better sign. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608/20 "2009-01-23T18:39:01Z")
I have recently noticed that a friend of mine thinks that “its” is spelled “its’”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-apostrophes-for-fucks-sake-redux/482608.md?page=2)