▲ 471 ▼ This isn't a rule, its just something worth knowing if you speak or write english (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Catastrophe's* permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* That's a joke, because that's the way people make mistakes with apostrophes all the time. The correct spelling is indeed "catastrophes", but a lot of people would spell it "catastrophe's" (which technically means "the [...] of catastrophe"). permalink fedilink source parent [–] 4thDimensionDuck@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Why did catasthropie hoard all our apostrophies? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* That's a joke, because that's the way people make mistakes with apostrophes all the time. The correct spelling is indeed "catastrophes", but a lot of people would spell it "catastrophe's" (which technically means "the [...] of catastrophe"). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* That's a joke, because that's the way people make mistakes with apostrophes all the time. The correct spelling is indeed "catastrophes", but a lot of people would spell it "catastrophe's" (which technically means "the [...] of catastrophe"). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4thDimensionDuck@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Why did catasthropie hoard all our apostrophies? permalink fedilink source parent
