AD_Don:
Albert_Thurgood:
AD_Don:
No I was referring to this sentence.
“Richmond’s scored an extraordinary 72 points from forward-half turnovers last week and this week has been dominated by talk about the Tigers new-found forward half pressure.”
There is no inappropriate apostrophe use there.
“Richmond has…” = “Richmond’s…”
Check it yourself:
“AD_Don has alleged inappropriate apostrophe use.”
“AD_Don’s alleged inappropriate apostrophe use.”
In this case, for the reader there is the ambiguity between the possessive (not intended) vs the missing letter (intended). But in normal speech, there would be no problem for the listener to understand the meaning.
OTOH: If the apostrophe was not there, it would indicate multiple cases of Richmond, which not only does not make sense but would be intolerable,
There is a missing apostrophe on “Tigers” though.
So, you complained about an apostrophe that was correctly used but missed the incorrect elision.
Take home message: Jimmy is right, so don’t pick on him.
As a first point, I was being light-hearted in my responses on this topic so please read them in that light. I am a grammar nerd so I do find these discussions interesting, which some people would think is sad.
I agree that the intention is to use the apostrophe to indicate a contraction of “Richmond has”. However, the use of the present perfect tense is inconsistent with “last week” later in the sentence. In my opinion, the perfect tense should have been used instead and the contraction removed. I didn’t spot the missing apostrophe later in the sentence, which is right up there with using canned rather than fresh salmon for a dinner party salmon mousse.
I agree with @Darli that this is clearly the work of a sub-editor as James wouldn’t make any mistakes - something on which I am sure we all agree.
When I read the article, I looked for the usual apostrophical errors (yes, I just invented a word). The use of “Richmond’s” as “Richmond has” is wrong. I should have realised that after studying past tenses in Spanish. They have different words depending on whether you’re speaking in the present of past events (e.g. yesterday, this morning, last night) or of historical past, and then it’s different between Spain and Latin America.
And yes, Tigers’ not Tiger’s.
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Your life must be a hoot…
Well, when someone comments on the apostrophes…
Don’t you meant “comment’s” ?
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That’s the one that to me deserves a public flogging in Fed Square. Just because there’s an ‘s’ there, doesn’t mean it’s a possessive or a contraction.
Don’t you mean “deserve’s”?
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Aren’t you studying to be a lawyer? I hope you put something like that in front of a judge and he has you locked up for contempt of court.
PS I realise you’re joking (and don’t say "don’t you mean your joking?)
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Saw a sign the other day: “proud winner of multiple trophy’s”.
Obviously, they did not win the Spelling Bee Trophy.
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Could come in handy round here.
Congrats, mate.
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I’ll tell you this, … when it comes to fkn apostrophes, you sure are possessive, … and you sure give me the fkn “contractions”.
Oh fkn great, … ANOTHER one!!!
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Iv’e been gazumped
As long as you got the young man’s name and address.
Was there an article this week?
Lots of tough grift getting there I know. Cheers Pete, well done. 