How often do you misuse apostrophe's?
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I'm not sure. If I knew I was misusing them, I wouldn't do it. I assume my main misuse has to do with showing posession.
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You mean like you just did? Just teasing...I probably misuse them more often than I realize. ;-)
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I pretty much know when to use them, but from time to time I will misuse them.
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I don't think I misuse them as much as I misplace them sometimes (i.e. "Are'nt" instead or "aren't") (Apostrophe's? ; )
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I don't. Well, that sounds cocky, doesn't it? But very, very rarely -- if I do, it's usually a typo. Apostrophes are one of my pet peeves. I'm a big nerd.
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Almost never. I know all the rules. Others don't, though, and I think someday it'll cease to matter. Many uses of the apostrophe are already on their way out. Language changes. That's not bad; that's not good. It just IS.
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Quite often, though I do try not to.
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Never, and it really bothers me when others do it. How hard is it to distinguish between a word that's possessive and a word that's plural?
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Sometimes, especially when using "its" and "it's". It would be a heck of a lot easier if they had a stinking spell checker!
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Ha ha...I get it!
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To be truthful - far too often. However, it's not just with them that I have a problem with. I seem to not be sure, generally, where to put most puncuations. No-one has ever really drilled it into me and I haven't managed to pick up too many things on the way, unfortunately.
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