A surprising stat, and a poll

[matelot22]

Matelot: that’s what is called a deliberate apostrophe error. Well s’potted 

I think the blame for people putting them after decades (60's, 70's etc) lies squarely with Top of the Pops and those compilation albums they used to make years ago, or so I'm told........The covers had large 60's writing on them, kind of reinforcing the usage of the apostrophe.

[Neils]

What's an apostofee

[Vespula Vulgaris]

What's an apostofee

It's when someone renounces belief in a religion.

[Neils]

What's an apostofee

It's when someone renounces belief in a religion.

😀

[BG]

With apologies - I have a thing about apostrophe's.
Numbers in the 70s or any other numbers don't require one.

I too have a thing about apostrophes.

And plurals don’t have one!!

I may get shot down in flames here but if its a  possessive  plural then doesn't the apostrophe come after the s but there's no further additional "s".. countries' rather than countries's.

Anyway.. back to the poll. Its interesting to see where the median (or is it modal/average) is. Is that just a reflection of who is likely to sign up to a rugby forum or is there genuinely less interest in rugby in the 16 - 25 bracket

[matelot22]

I may get shot own in flames here but if its a  possessive  plural then doesn't the apostrophe come after the s but there's no further additional "s".. countries' rather than countries's.

That's how I see it.

[Vespula Vulgaris]

As I understand it there is always a tendency towards younger demograhics when conducting online polls.  So this could be even more weighted towards the older end of the spectrum.

[DGP Wasp]

I may get shot own in flames here but if its a  possessive  plural then doesn't the apostrophe come after the s but there's no further additional "s".. countries' rather than countries's.

Correct.  Not forgetting of course that an apostrophe should also denote a missing letter as in it is becoming it's! 

We should do another poll to determine the average age of people who give a shit about apostrophes!

[Neils]

+1

[Chilham]

Grammar.  It's the difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you're shit.

[Tervueren]

Grammar.  It's the difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you're shit.

Brilliant

[Mellie]

Not forgetting of course that an apostrophe should also denote a missing letter as in it is becoming it's! 

Like "would have" becomes "would've".

Because of the prevalent colloquial usage of the shortened form I have noticed an increasing tendency for people to spell it as it sounds. So it becomes "would of".

Quite a few instances not only on this board, but everywhere.

[welsh wasp]

BG: Top of the class.
VV: I thought an apostofee was someone who remained a Saracens STP because they still believed.
PS: Is there a correlation between the age’s of people who have taken part in this survey & their views of the proper use of apostrophe’s?

[wasps]

At least I know why I like this forum so much.
It's one of the few places that makes me feel young

[W2APS]

I'm 36!

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