The grammar vigilante

[Nearly Sane]

Hero or bollock's?



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/03/revealed-self-styled-grammar-vigilante-corrects-badly-punctuated/

[ad_orientem]

Neither. Just funny. Let him get on with it. Doing nobody any harm.

[SusanDoris]

I'll be listening to Radio 4 this evening!

[ippy]

I'll be listening to Radio 4 this evening!

We're all oddballs in one way or another, makes me feel somewhere near normal, I love hearing about people like this one.

ippy

[floo]

Hero or bollock's?



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/03/revealed-self-styled-grammar-vigilante-corrects-badly-punctuated/

A very sad person who needs to get a life, imo!

[Rhiannon]

Bollock's is preferable to bollox.

[Harrowby Hall]

Hero or bollock's?

Has he been round to see you yet?

[Nearly Sane]

Hero or bollock's?

Has he been round to see you yet?

Not unless he has lost a sense of humour.

[Harrowby Hall]

A very sad person who needs to get a life, imo!

No, a quiet hero who is trying to shame people out of their linguistic complacency.

Just consider the following:    ... you will need a license  ...    A verb used as a noun.

And think about the number of times you see apostrophes misused - the word ends with the letter "s" so it must be preceded by an apostrophe, and it's used for its. I suppose part of the problem is that smart phones and tablets often "predict" words to save input time and their users do not bother to check that the prediction is correct. The apostrophe has only one use - to indicate that a letter or letters or a word has been missed out.

Correct grammar is not a fad - it is an act of politeness and of respect for your reader.

[Harrowby Hall]

Not unless he has lost a sense of humour.

I guessed that was your point. How many people do you think did not spot the joke?

[Nearly Sane]

I guessed that was your point. How many people do you think did not spot the joke?

Enough either way.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hero.

"My uncle Jack's off his horse" and "my uncle jacks off his horse" do not mean the same thing...

Interesting "Beyond Belief" on Radio 4 just now about truth by the way.

[Rhiannon]

No, a quiet hero who is trying to shame people out of their linguistic complacency.

Just consider the following:    ... you will need a license  ...    A verb used as a noun.

And think about the number of times you see apostrophes misused - the word ends with the letter "s" so it must be preceded by an apostrophe, and it's used for its. I suppose part of the problem is that smart phones and tablets often "predict" words to save input time and their users do not bother to check that the prediction is correct. The apostrophe has only one use - to indicate that a letter or letters or a word has been missed out.

Correct grammar is not a fad - it is an act of politeness and of respect for your reader.

Autocorrect repeatedly puts an apostrophe in 'its' when there shouldn't be one even after I go back and correct it again. Drives me nuts.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Hero.

"My uncle Jack's off his horse" and "my uncle jacks off his horse" do not mean the same thing...

I agree the standard of English is awful.

[SusanDoris]

Apostrophe s also indicates possession.

bluehillside
I heard the title and thought, I can't listen to that so went off and sorted out the washing machine. I listened to the end, but heard - was it a Bishop? - trying to compromise on what is true for some ...
What was the general conclusion? Was one of them a non-believer?

[Harrowby Hall]

Apostrophe s also indicates possession.

In possessive instances the apostrophe indicates a missing word. "Henry's book" is the modern version of the medieval "Henry his book".

[Bubbles]

Hero or bollock's?



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/03/revealed-self-styled-grammar-vigilante-corrects-badly-punctuated/

I must admit my first thought was he needed to get a life, even if he was right.
And I would hate for him to be my boss


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[SusanDoris]

In possessive instances the apostrophe indicates a missing word. "Henry's book" is the modern version of the medieval "Henry his book".

Ah, yes, of course - thank you for saing. I thought the programme was not the most exciting of documentaries,, but I listened to most of it.

[jeremyp]

Hero or bollock's?



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/03/revealed-self-styled-grammar-vigilante-corrects-badly-punctuated/

the man has corrected tens of missing and misplaced apostrophes on shop banners across Bristol over the past 13 years.

10's in only 13 years? His best possible average is less than nine per year.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Radio 4 have made a programme about him!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08kys4c

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Has the guardian reported on him........and was it grammatically correct.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Vlad,

Has the guardian reported on him........and was it grammatically correct.

It's Guardian.