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08-10-2005, 07:11 PM
Psychotic

I want someone to please split an infinitive so I can have them rounded up and put in a concentration camp.

Oh. Oops.
08-10-2005, 07:19 PM
eestlinc

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Originally Posted by Cloud No.9

so is it jesus's blood or jesus' blood?

Jesus's blood. Unless there are five of Him.

I plan to happily lynch you, Psy.
08-10-2005, 09:48 PM
Doomie

Soup Nazi > Grammar Nazi IMO.
08-10-2005, 10:01 PM
rubah

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Originally Posted by Cloud No.9

so is it jesus's blood or jesus' blood?

My guess would be the former.
08-10-2005, 10:22 PM
Big D

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

The "if it ends in an s, just add an apostrophe" rule is a myth. You only just add the apostrophe if the word is a plural. Proper nouns, as always, follow the standard rules. This has bugged me for years - it's not Bleys' crotch, it's Bleys's crotch. If you say the former out loud, you are really saying "Bley's crotch."

Nope! Maybe in US grammar, but in England it's always been fine to add an apostrophe at the end of words ending in 's'. If there's already an 's' sound, it just sounds ridiculous if you have to add another 's' sound to make the possessive. "Jesusiz blood", anyone?
08-10-2005, 11:05 PM
eestlinc

US grammar > UK grammar
08-10-2005, 11:21 PM
Hawkeye

Damn Brits
08-10-2005, 11:24 PM
Kawaii Ryûkishi

C'mon now none of that. Eh wot.
08-10-2005, 11:41 PM
Raistlin

Psy: actually, according to my former English teacher, it's apparently okay now to split infinitives. I still, however, strongly disagree with it, and for the most part choose to disregard that knowledge. :p

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Nope! Maybe in US grammar, but in England it's always been fine to add an apostrophe at the end of words ending in 's'. If there's already an 's' sound, it just sounds ridiculous if you have to add another 's' sound to make the possessive. "Jesusiz blood", anyone?

But then how could you possibly distinguish between Bley's crotch and Bleys' crotch? It makes absolutely no sense. It's fishes' scales, but Bleys's crotch. Proper nouns ALWAYS go by standard grammar rules - therefore, unless it's plural, add 's. It's the same logic behind "Final Fantasys." If you refute one, you can't possibly justify the other.
08-10-2005, 11:49 PM
Yamaneko

Ironically, it's us Yanks adding extra letters to words in this case.
08-10-2005, 11:59 PM
Psychotic

Quote:

Originally Posted by eestlinc

US grammar > UK grammar

http://forums.eyesonff.com/showpost....4&postcount=25

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Psy: actually, according to my former English teacher, it's apparently okay now to split infinitives. I still, however, strongly disagree with it, and for the most part choose to disregard that knowledge. :p

Damned descriptivists. They're taking over!
08-11-2005, 12:03 AM
Cloud No.9

we brits invented the language and all you americans should start to live with that and write in the proper way.
08-11-2005, 12:04 AM
eestlinc

we won the war though :D now we don't have to follow your rules!
08-11-2005, 12:08 AM
Psychotic

Yeah, you really established your independence from us by taking our language and removing some letters. Oh my, America, what next? Storming off into your room and slamming the door?
08-11-2005, 12:11 AM
XxSephirothxX

Yeah, and we'll steal your little dog, too! "Colour" be damned!

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