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2001-03-01 00:58Michael Upton> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:27:50 -0000 > From: "Simon Dennis" <simon.dennis@akqa.com> > S

From:: Michael Upton <jetjag@mailandnews.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 13:58:48 +1300
Subject:: [idm] Climbing atop pedant mountain

quoted 8 lines Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:27:50 -0000

> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:27:50 -0000 > From: "Simon Dennis" <simon.dennis@akqa.com> > Subject: RE: [idm] vinyl? > don't mean to be picky, but can we keep it to 'vinyl', > not plural 'vinyls'... > >singular: vinyl >plural: vinyl

Mostly the English word "vinyl" operates like "rice" or "money" or "people". It's what's normally called an uncountable noun. If you can put an "-s" on the end, that denotes distinct varieties or kinds rather than more than one of the noun. Number is denoted by prefacing the uncountable noun with a unit of measure. eg. "I picked up a few slabs of vinyl today". All the apostrophe freaks can piss off. There are no rules to apostrophe use in English, or at least none that anyone follows, so don't assert otherwise. What I mean is, if a linguist turned up from outer space and tried to determine the meaning of an apostrophe in written English, I'm sure they wouldn't be able to. Hopefully this is at least amusing for someone, at my expense or otherwise. :-D Michael -+- Involve Records http://involverecords.com Jet Jaguar MP3s (latest upload Nov2000) http://mp3.com/jetjag -+- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2001-03-01 19:53Dave Segalon 2/28/01 4:58 PM, Michael Upton at jetjag@mailandnews.com wrote: > > All the apostrophe

From:: Dave Segal <segal@altpress.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 11:53:06 -0800
Subject:: Re: [idm] Climbing atop pedant mountain
Reply to:: [idm] Climbing atop pedant mountain

on 2/28/01 4:58 PM, Michael Upton at jetjag@mailandnews.com wrote:

quoted 10 lines All the apostrophe freaks can piss off. There are no rules to apostrophe

> > All the apostrophe freaks can piss off. There are no rules to apostrophe > use in English, or at least none that anyone follows, so don't assert > otherwise. What I mean is, if a linguist turned up from outer space and > tried to determine the meaning of an apostrophe in written English, I'm > sure they wouldn't be able to. > > Hopefully this is at least amusing for someone, at my expense or otherwise. > :-D >

Your statement about apostrophes is patently false. As an editor, I must contend with these sorts of maddening details every day. So don't try to spread linguistic anarchy around me, pal. Anyway, it's great to see grammar/English usage being heatedly discussed on IDM-l. Dave Segal Managing Editor/Alternative Press Secret Ions on WCSB 89.3FM Thursdays 9-11PM EST [www.wcsb.org] np: Bardo Pond- Dilate (Matador) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2001-03-01 18:08Mxyzptlk> on 2/28/01 4:58 PM, Michael Upton at jetjag@mailandnews.com wrote: > > > > > All the apo

From:: Mxyzptlk <jpklein@telocity.com>
To:: Internet Dog Milking <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 12:08:47 -0600
Subject:: Re: [idm] Climbing atop pedant mountain

quoted 12 lines on 2/28/01 4:58 PM, Michael Upton at jetjag@mailandnews.com wrote:

> on 2/28/01 4:58 PM, Michael Upton at jetjag@mailandnews.com wrote: > > > > > All the apostrophe freaks can piss off. There are no rules to apostrophe > > use in English, or at least none that anyone follows, so >>>don't<<< assert > > otherwise. What I mean is, if a linguist turned up from outer space and > > tried to determine the meaning of an apostrophe in written English, > >>>I'm<<<< > > sure they >>>>wouldn't<<<< be able to. > > > > Hopefully this is at least amusing for someone, at my expense or otherwise. > > :-D

It was. jeff

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