Re: Paging Forever Aunty Vidya

by Bittu Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:10 pm

goodcitizn wrote:
There are always exceptions. For example, I can say, "Since the number zero looks like the letter O, be careful when you type 0's and O's."

No. You write "be careful when you type 0s and Os."

goodcitizn wrote:In other words, English is one fucked up language.

Yes it is.

by goodcitizn Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:12 pm

Bittu wrote:
goodcitizn wrote:
There are always exceptions. For example, I can say, "Since the number zero looks like the letter O, be careful when you type 0's and O's."
No. You write "be careful when you type 0s and Os."

goodcitizn wrote:In other words, English is one fucked up language.
Yes it is.

See Rule 11 under Examples.

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp

by southindian Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:16 pm

Bittu wrote:Conclusion: They don't do a good job of teaching punctuation in SI schools.

Control Bittu, don't pull his Veshti down.

by Propagandhi711 Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:24 pm

proof that most of the suchers are in their 40s going on cranky 60s: furious wankery and breast beating over a silly apostrophe

by MaxEntropy_Man Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:32 pm

i can't understand the angst about getting older. it's not like it's optional. i also don't understand one upmanship based on age.

by MaxEntropy_Man Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:36 pm

my twenties weren't particularly pleasant for example. i wouldn't want to trade my current decade for that.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:38 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:i can't understand the angst about getting older. it's not like it's optional. i also don't understand one upmanship based on age.

I am coming to realize that money, education, power don't teach what age and experience teaches a person.

I also understand why naarthies everyone touches the feet of an elderly person and why Southies "used" to do it to all elders in the family.

by Bittu Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:41 pm

goodcitizn wrote:
Bittu wrote:
goodcitizn wrote:
There are always exceptions. For example, I can say, "Since the number zero looks like the letter O, be careful when you type 0's and O's."
No. You write "be careful when you type 0s and Os."

goodcitizn wrote:In other words, English is one fucked up language.
Yes it is.
See Rule 11 under Examples.

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp

This is applicable if "Os" is a word. I didn't know Os is a word. Did you know Os is a word?

os1
äs
noun
Anatomy
noun: os; plural noun: ossa
1.
a bone (used chiefly in Latin names of individual bones, e.g., os trapezium ).

by MaxEntropy_Man Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:45 pm

age doesn't necessarily impart wisdom and good sense. i've come to realize that feeling comfortable in one's own skin is a rare and precious thing.

by Guest Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:59 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:i've come to realize that feeling comfortable in one's own skin is a rare and precious thing.

(midnight gyan time) it's called "emancipation." jorge luis borges recalled his youthful years in one memoir and regretted the fact that he was very shy as a young man (he became fully blind only later). a famous brit. author had the same thing to say about his youth; i forget his name -- could have been naipaul. i have a similar thing to say about my youth (though i am not in the league of those greats). though not perceptibly shy to others, i was very shy from the inside -- meaning i could fake that i was enjoying their company at the cost of much torture to myself. but now i enjoy others' company even when i am faking it!

by goodcitizn Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:12 pm

Bittu wrote:
goodcitizn wrote:
Bittu wrote:
goodcitizn wrote:
There are always exceptions. For example, I can say, "Since the number zero looks like the letter O, be careful when you type 0's and O's."
No. You write "be careful when you type 0s and Os."

goodcitizn wrote:In other words, English is one fucked up language.
Yes it is.
See Rule 11 under Examples.

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp
This is applicable if "Os" is a word. I didn't know Os is a word. Did you know Os is a word?

os1
äs
noun
Anatomy
noun: os; plural noun: ossa
1.
a bone (used chiefly in Latin names of individual bones, e.g., os trapezium ).The

It doesn't matter. What the rule says is that you can only designate zeroes as 0's and not as 0s. And when you use another number or letter in conjunction with it in a sentence, the other also gets an apostrophe. Excerpt from the link I posted earlier:

Ted couldn't distinguish between his 6's and 0's.
You need to use the apostrophe to indicate the plural of zero or it will look like the word Os. To be consistent within a sentence, you would also use the apostrophe to indicate the plural of 6's.

Now let us go back to what I said: "Since the number zero looks like the letter O, be careful when you type 0's and O's." Although Os is a word as you pointed out, you cannot use Os without an apostrophe when 0's is used in conjunction. At least that's the way I see it. No big deal, really.

by goodcitizn Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:02 pm

After hyphens and apostrophes, if the next one on the list involves colons, I suggest we punt that one over to a friendly proctologist.

by The Absolute Zero Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:18 pm

[quote="goodcitizn"]After hyphens and apostrophes, if the next one on the list involves colons, I suggest we punt that one over to a friendly proctologist.[/quote]
You mean an "ASSman? (Kramer in Seinfeld)

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