▲ 815 ▼ Donald Trump Booed at U.S. Open Men’s Final Match (variety.com) submitted 11 months ago by vegeta@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 29 points 11 months ago (1 child) boo'ed It's just "booed". Really-really. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 child) That's good to know. It just looked so weird. I knew what I wrote was also weird, but it felt less weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children) Basically apostrophes are never used to separate a word from a normal suffix in this kind of novel or unusual construction. Pretty much just use apostrophes for contractions and (most) possessives. Example: 90s, not 90's. -- Edit: In English, for English words. Some languages, either those normally rendered in Latin script* or transliterated into it**, make use of apostrophes either to modify an adjacent phoneme or to indicate particular sounds or a glottal stop. * English-like letters and punctuation ** Like Japanese written as if it were English, for example "Ohayo gozaimasu" which is written in hiragana as おはようございま. Source: Amateur with the dangerous amount of a little knowledge -- Edit2: Others point out (correctly) that referencing the 1990s as a decade would be properly written as '90s, which is still a use of an apostrophe for a contraction. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (3 children) And, actually, I believe it’s ‘90s! So there is one, it’s right in front. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago '90s is a contraction of 1990s, or whatever other century's tenth decade is implied. So the apostrophe belongs as an example of a contraction or possessive :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* But your apostrophe is upside down (it became a curved single-open-quote in your version). It’s supposed to be this way: ’90s permalink fedilink source parent [–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Just 90s if it's a reference to someone's age. And the apostrophe for referencing the 90s era is optional outside of formal writing and a dash can also be used e.g.; 90s-music depending on context. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago True true. permalink fedilink source parent [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago In this case, '90s would be more appropriate because you're removing the first half of the year permalink fedilink source parent [–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago Greetings, an Ally in Grammar permalink fedilink source parent [–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (2 children) So if you said you were a 90's child, wouldn't that be okay? (As you are a child of/possessed by the 90s) A nineties' child, if you will? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 point 11 months ago As bitjunkie said, if you were referring to 90s in the possessive, it would be 90s' since it's a plural noun already - much like parents' mortgages or stores' buildings. That said, I would probably look at the phrase "90s child" as either (1) a compound noun not needing anything to be possessive (like "ice cream"), or (2) with "90s" as an adjective modifying "child" (like "latchkey kid"). permalink fedilink source parent [–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago No because it's plural so the apostrophe would come after the S permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 child) That's good to know. It just looked so weird. I knew what I wrote was also weird, but it felt less weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children) Basically apostrophes are never used to separate a word from a normal suffix in this kind of novel or unusual construction. Pretty much just use apostrophes for contractions and (most) possessives. Example: 90s, not 90's. -- Edit: In English, for English words. Some languages, either those normally rendered in Latin script* or transliterated into it**, make use of apostrophes either to modify an adjacent phoneme or to indicate particular sounds or a glottal stop. * English-like letters and punctuation ** Like Japanese written as if it were English, for example "Ohayo gozaimasu" which is written in hiragana as おはようございま. Source: Amateur with the dangerous amount of a little knowledge -- Edit2: Others point out (correctly) that referencing the 1990s as a decade would be properly written as '90s, which is still a use of an apostrophe for a contraction. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (3 children) And, actually, I believe it’s ‘90s! So there is one, it’s right in front. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago '90s is a contraction of 1990s, or whatever other century's tenth decade is implied. So the apostrophe belongs as an example of a contraction or possessive :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* But your apostrophe is upside down (it became a curved single-open-quote in your version). It’s supposed to be this way: ’90s permalink fedilink source parent [–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Just 90s if it's a reference to someone's age. And the apostrophe for referencing the 90s era is optional outside of formal writing and a dash can also be used e.g.; 90s-music depending on context. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago True true. permalink fedilink source parent [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago In this case, '90s would be more appropriate because you're removing the first half of the year permalink fedilink source parent [–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago Greetings, an Ally in Grammar permalink fedilink source parent [–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (2 children) So if you said you were a 90's child, wouldn't that be okay? (As you are a child of/possessed by the 90s) A nineties' child, if you will? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 point 11 months ago As bitjunkie said, if you were referring to 90s in the possessive, it would be 90s' since it's a plural noun already - much like parents' mortgages or stores' buildings. That said, I would probably look at the phrase "90s child" as either (1) a compound noun not needing anything to be possessive (like "ice cream"), or (2) with "90s" as an adjective modifying "child" (like "latchkey kid"). permalink fedilink source parent [–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago No because it's plural so the apostrophe would come after the S permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children) Basically apostrophes are never used to separate a word from a normal suffix in this kind of novel or unusual construction. Pretty much just use apostrophes for contractions and (most) possessives. Example: 90s, not 90's. -- Edit: In English, for English words. Some languages, either those normally rendered in Latin script* or transliterated into it**, make use of apostrophes either to modify an adjacent phoneme or to indicate particular sounds or a glottal stop. * English-like letters and punctuation ** Like Japanese written as if it were English, for example "Ohayo gozaimasu" which is written in hiragana as おはようございま. Source: Amateur with the dangerous amount of a little knowledge -- Edit2: Others point out (correctly) that referencing the 1990s as a decade would be properly written as '90s, which is still a use of an apostrophe for a contraction. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (3 children) And, actually, I believe it’s ‘90s! So there is one, it’s right in front. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago '90s is a contraction of 1990s, or whatever other century's tenth decade is implied. So the apostrophe belongs as an example of a contraction or possessive :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* But your apostrophe is upside down (it became a curved single-open-quote in your version). It’s supposed to be this way: ’90s permalink fedilink source parent [–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Just 90s if it's a reference to someone's age. And the apostrophe for referencing the 90s era is optional outside of formal writing and a dash can also be used e.g.; 90s-music depending on context. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago True true. permalink fedilink source parent [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago In this case, '90s would be more appropriate because you're removing the first half of the year permalink fedilink source parent [–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago Greetings, an Ally in Grammar permalink fedilink source parent [–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (2 children) So if you said you were a 90's child, wouldn't that be okay? (As you are a child of/possessed by the 90s) A nineties' child, if you will? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 point 11 months ago As bitjunkie said, if you were referring to 90s in the possessive, it would be 90s' since it's a plural noun already - much like parents' mortgages or stores' buildings. That said, I would probably look at the phrase "90s child" as either (1) a compound noun not needing anything to be possessive (like "ice cream"), or (2) with "90s" as an adjective modifying "child" (like "latchkey kid"). permalink fedilink source parent [–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago No because it's plural so the apostrophe would come after the S permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soup@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (3 children) And, actually, I believe it’s ‘90s! So there is one, it’s right in front. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago '90s is a contraction of 1990s, or whatever other century's tenth decade is implied. So the apostrophe belongs as an example of a contraction or possessive :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* But your apostrophe is upside down (it became a curved single-open-quote in your version). It’s supposed to be this way: ’90s permalink fedilink source parent [–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Just 90s if it's a reference to someone's age. And the apostrophe for referencing the 90s era is optional outside of formal writing and a dash can also be used e.g.; 90s-music depending on context. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago True true. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago '90s is a contraction of 1990s, or whatever other century's tenth decade is implied. So the apostrophe belongs as an example of a contraction or possessive :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* But your apostrophe is upside down (it became a curved single-open-quote in your version). It’s supposed to be this way: ’90s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Just 90s if it's a reference to someone's age. And the apostrophe for referencing the 90s era is optional outside of formal writing and a dash can also be used e.g.; 90s-music depending on context. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago True true. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago In this case, '90s would be more appropriate because you're removing the first half of the year permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago Greetings, an Ally in Grammar permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (2 children) So if you said you were a 90's child, wouldn't that be okay? (As you are a child of/possessed by the 90s) A nineties' child, if you will? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 point 11 months ago As bitjunkie said, if you were referring to 90s in the possessive, it would be 90s' since it's a plural noun already - much like parents' mortgages or stores' buildings. That said, I would probably look at the phrase "90s child" as either (1) a compound noun not needing anything to be possessive (like "ice cream"), or (2) with "90s" as an adjective modifying "child" (like "latchkey kid"). permalink fedilink source parent [–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago No because it's plural so the apostrophe would come after the S permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 point 11 months ago As bitjunkie said, if you were referring to 90s in the possessive, it would be 90s' since it's a plural noun already - much like parents' mortgages or stores' buildings. That said, I would probably look at the phrase "90s child" as either (1) a compound noun not needing anything to be possessive (like "ice cream"), or (2) with "90s" as an adjective modifying "child" (like "latchkey kid"). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago No because it's plural so the apostrophe would come after the S permalink fedilink source parent