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slickdawg
4/19/2006, 01:28 PM
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060414/SPORTS030102/604140338/1079/SPORTS&er
Harry Beanbag
4/19/2006, 02:20 PM
Yuck.
slickdawg
4/19/2006, 02:23 PM
Butt Juice pretty much sums up Mississippi State Baseball.
yermom
4/19/2006, 02:25 PM
shouldn't it be "Butts's competitive juices"?
i'll wait for PG's answer off the air
slickdawg
4/19/2006, 02:26 PM
I think it's Butts' - always just add an ' after the letter s if possessive, I think.
PG will know.
Harry Beanbag
4/19/2006, 02:28 PM
I think it's Butts' - always just add an ' after the letter s if possessive, I think.
PG will know.
From what little I remember from elementary English, I'm pretty sure you're correct.
yermom
4/19/2006, 02:29 PM
my understanding is that if it's singular possessive you always add 's
now if you were talking about juice from two butts it would be "butts' juice"
my understanding is that if it's singular possessive you always add 's
now if you were talking about juice from two butts it would be butts' juice
I don't remember any word where it's s's.
:confused:
Harry Beanbag
4/19/2006, 02:32 PM
my understanding is that if it's singular possessive you always add 's
now if you were talking about juice from two butts it would be "butts' juice"
On second thought, I think you're correct.
Harry Beanbag
4/19/2006, 02:33 PM
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html
• add 's to the singular form of the word (even if it ends in -s):
the owner's car
James's hat
slickdawg
4/19/2006, 02:34 PM
I'm so confused.
Penguin
4/19/2006, 02:35 PM
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/penguincult/_images/kansanheadline.jpg
slickdawg
4/19/2006, 02:37 PM
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/penguincult/_images/kansanheadline.jpg
Thanks for making me laugh out loud, so that the pharting secretary came
in here and asked what was so funny.
yermom
4/19/2006, 02:37 PM
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html
heh, i looked it up to check and found that same page :D
yermom
4/19/2006, 02:38 PM
Thanks for making me laugh out loud, so that the pharting secretary came
in here and asked what was so funny.
coming up on 5 years and it's still funny
Viking Kitten
4/19/2006, 02:57 PM
Butts'.
In AP style, if it's a singular, proper noun ending in s, use only an apostrophe. I'm looking at my style book right now.
IN YO FACE.
slickdawg
4/19/2006, 02:59 PM
Butts'.
In AP style, if it's a singular, proper noun ending in s, use only an apostrophe. I'm looking at my style book right now.
IN YO FACE.
This moment of clarity brought to you by VK.
crawfish
4/19/2006, 03:00 PM
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/penguincult/_images/kansanheadline.jpg
I don't think a picture has ever matched a headline quite so well...
That never gets old! :D
yermom
4/19/2006, 03:00 PM
Butts'.
In AP style, if it's a singular, proper noun ending in s, use only an apostrophe. I'm looking at my style book right now.
IN YO FACE.
AP?
what the **** is that?
slickdawg
4/19/2006, 03:01 PM
I suspect Associated Press
Viking Kitten
4/19/2006, 03:05 PM
AP?
what the **** is that?
What... comic books don't use a consistent style like newspapers do? :D
yermom
4/19/2006, 03:07 PM
What... comic books don't use a consistent style like newspapers do? :D
possessives -- The main AP exception to Strunk and White's Elements of Style involves forming the possessive of a singular proper noun that ends in "s." AP says merely add an apostrophe. Examples: Otis' cookies, Amos' ice cream, Charles' chips. And here's a reminder of something I'm sure most of you already know: To make something that is singular into a possessive, add 's; to make something plural into a possessive, first make sure it is plural, usually by verifying that it ends in an "s," and then add an apostrophe. Here's a nonsense sentence that illustrates the idea: One dog's bone is worth two dogs' ears.
ghey
if by consistent, you mean inconsistent
and i don't read comics, those are for guys without girlfriends ;)
Viking Kitten
4/19/2006, 03:10 PM
ghey
if by consistent, you mean inconsistent
and i don't read comics, those are for guys without girlfriends ;)
And if by girlfriend you mean appendage with four fingers and an opposable thumb... ;)
yermom
4/19/2006, 03:34 PM
you know Rosy?
she's my ex ;)
NormanPride
4/19/2006, 03:46 PM
Dude, even your hand dumped you? That's just sad.
slickdawg
4/19/2006, 03:51 PM
http://www.cinemaniastigma.com/images/Roasted_Nuts.JPG
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