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Reply #15 - Jan 13th, 2012 at 2:42pm

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I love my monthly free allowance of sending text messages, courtesy of O2, via my PC...
I sit comfortably at my computer, and type in my text message appearing on the monitor screen, using my full-size, proper qwerty keyboard. It checks my spelling as I type....
...and allows me to edit it, and check it, before sending it to the recipient's mobile phone's number....
...whilst my real mobile phone sulks, unused, in the bottom drawer in my kitchen, amongst the washing powder and cleaning "stuff".

...joy!.... Smiley...!

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Reply #16 - Jan 13th, 2012 at 5:51pm

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Mictheslik wrote on Jan 13th, 2012 at 8:52am:
I think taking the apostrophe away is OK in this case. The store no longer belongs to Mr Waterstone and so it is no longer Waterstone's. Instead each store is now one of many Waterstones.

If there's no more possession why keep a possessive apostrophe?
In such case, why even retain the 's'?



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Reply #17 - Jan 15th, 2012 at 10:14pm

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Seems to me, it would make more sense to reprogram the internet to accept punctuation in addresses. And it would be less expensive than repainting all the business and street signs the world over. But I'm just a retired cop, what do I know.
 
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Reply #18 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 3:33am

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patchz wrote on Jan 15th, 2012 at 10:14pm:
Seems to me, it would make more sense to reprogram the internet to accept punctuation in addresses

Google already does that so it's not a valid excuse for removing the apostrophe. If Waterstone's wants to change its image it would surely be better to remove the last S as H already suggested.

To be honest I don't know what all the fuss is about. If you walk down what's left of a British high street you will notice lots of well-known national companies dispensed with the apostrophe years ago. Some, like Boots the chemists, never had one in the first place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_UK
 
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Reply #19 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 3:54am

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I always feel content when things; "look right"... Smiley..!

Sometimes, in fact, unknown to me, I am wrong... Embarrassed...

...but that doesn't* change the way I feel!.. Kiss...!

Paul.... Smiley...!

* ....If I had typed "does not", that would have saved an apostrophe!... Wink...!
 
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Reply #20 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 7:37am

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Fozzer wrote on Jan 16th, 2012 at 3:54am:
* ....If I had typed "does not", that would have saved an apostrophe!... Wink...!



Save the apostrophe, murder an advertising executive, but I think that does not help the situation  Grin Grin

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Reply #21 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 9:17am

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Whilst we are on a similar subject, can someone explain to me the difference between the following statements...

"I should have got the earlier Bus"
"I should have gotten the earlier Bus"

"I should have got a loaf of Bread"
"I should have gotten a loaf of Bread"

...etc...

Got and Gotten?

Paul...I have got/gotten a nasty cold... Cry...!

 
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Reply #22 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 10:15am

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This might help. Got vs Gotten
 
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Reply #23 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 11:18am

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Hagar wrote on Jan 16th, 2012 at 10:15am:
This might help. Got vs Gotten


..a while ago @H did explain the subtle difference between the two words. "Gotten" in American did have a different meaning to "Got" in English. something to do with; "ownership" in the; "past"?

Got something v Gotten something....You have gotten "it" by some means!

...but I have forgotten... Undecided...!

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Reply #24 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 11:33am

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According to the tip from my link it should be perfectly straightforward.  In American English gotten is the past participle of the verb get. Simple! Cool

I don't think too many Americans understand this. Perhaps they're as confused as we are. Wink

PS. Past participles ---> http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/verb_forms_and_tenses10.html
 
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Reply #25 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 11:49am

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Ta, Doug... Smiley...!

I have got a headache now.... Angry...
I had gotten a headache yesterday.... Cry...

Paul...so much pain in the head... Sad...!
 
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Reply #26 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 12:15pm

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some may have noticed i barely ever use capital letters while typing,i do while writing tough.

but if you see my cousin's facebook mesages. Shocked
even I can't decifer any more,let me post an equivalent:

ent 2 skol te oter dai,as brin.

litarly,its nearly impossible,i once spent 15 minutes trying to decifer a 3 line mesage from her. Grin
 
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Reply #27 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 1:41pm

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jetprop wrote on Jan 16th, 2012 at 12:15pm:
some may have noticed i barely ever use capital letters while typing,i do while writing tough.

but if you see my cousin's facebook mesages. Shocked
even I can't decifer any more,let me post an equivalent:

ent 2 skol te oter dai,as brin.

litarly,its nearly impossible,i once spent 15 minutes trying to decifer a 3 line mesage from her. Grin


Apart from the importance of an upper case letter starting a sentence, or after a full stop, the other important upper case letter is when referring to yourself......YOU!...>>>

i can.. Angry.....I can... Smiley...!

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Reply #28 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 1:44pm

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i know. Tongue
i just don't use them while typing because i keep pressing the ctrl key instead of the shift. Grin
 
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Reply #29 - Jan 16th, 2012 at 1:53pm

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jetprop wrote on Jan 16th, 2012 at 1:44pm:
i know. Tongue
i just don't use them while typing because i keep pressing the ctrl key instead of the shift. Grin


... Grin... Grin... Grin...!

I reckon if you can type in the Chat Window, without any errors, whilst successfully landing a Boeing 747 on a short grass strip, in on-line Multiplayer, then your typing deserves a 10/10 and a Gold Star... Smiley....

...I fail miserably, and crash at the same time!... Cry...!

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