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# there's a surplus of them at the moment
(I helped save b3ta! RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:40, archived)
# hehehe
good one, but i'm afraid the aspostrophe police are about to kick your door in and take you out the back for some 're-education'
(jlkgjsfhoj, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:42, archived)
# On you maybe.
100's is corrent.

As in 70's, 90's.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:43, archived)
# er, no
they are plurals, as is "100s" so they don't have apostrophes.
(jlkgjsfhoj, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:51, archived)
# I was under the impression that it classed as an abrieviation
therfore warrented an apostrophe.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:56, archived)
# Well technically it is an abbreviation,
but it's abbreviated from "1970s" so if you do use an apostrophe, it goes before it i.e. '70s.

Ahem, lecture over, sorry, but this is something that really riles me at the moment. Degredation of the English language and all that.
(jlkgjsfhoj, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:00, archived)
# It's "Fish and Chip's" all over again!

(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:34, archived)
# sry rg
i'm with barry on this' one;
(I helped save b3ta! Jamnog Sardines in her eyebrows, lobsters up and down, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:57, archived)
# I've just been reading up about apostropes.
Apparently you don't use one in this situation (unless you're shortening 1970s to '70s in which case the apostrophe goes at the front).

One day I'll get the hang of the English language...
(I helped save b3ta! RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:01, archived)
# talking of grammar fascism
are we still to address you as powderfinger in formal situations, or is it your former identity? :D
(I helped save b3ta! unstableOvine has not aged well, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:46, archived)
# Call me Mr Shitpeas
or Barry if you prefer. powderfinger is now defunct!
(jlkgjsfhoj, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:52, archived)
# Ah.
So you were formerly powderfinger then - glad we cleared that up, Mr. Shi- er, Barry. ;)
(I helped save b3ta! unstableOvine has not aged well, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:59, archived)
# Don't blame me!
I generally know where apostrophes should and shouldn't go; in this case I was simply mimicing the mistake typical of the average sign-writer.

ahem.
(I helped save b3ta! RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:46, archived)
# *raises eyebrows*
Ok then, they'll probably just let you off with a caution, as long as it's a first offence.
(jlkgjsfhoj, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:57, archived)
# I read morse code
And that's just plain rude!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 12:42, archived)