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[KeithK]

[quote ftyuv]Plus, what if you want to pluralize "that's"?  It's bad enough if you have to write that's', but it'd be really terrible if you'd have to endure that's's![/quote]I think you just avoid pluralizing words like "that's" that can't be pluralized in ordinary usage.  If you insist on pluralizing verb contractions then you have to suffer the consequences.

[CKinsland]

There is a "National Punctuation Day"

http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/media.html

And, for the unaware, there is a song about the poor, misused apostrophe (lyrics at: http://www.sentex.net/~gormorse/Roadkillhatlyrics.html).

Anybody really interested can get the mp3 from me (I don't expect too many takers on this one).

Ck

[Beeeej]

[quote ftyuv]Plus, what if you want to pluralize "that's"?  It's bad enough if you have to write that's', but it'd be really terrible if you'd have to endure that's's![/quote]

Pluralize "that's"?  Under what circumstances could you possibly pluralize a noun-verb contraction, other than changing it to "those're"?

[ftyuv]

[quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv]Plus, what if you want to pluralize "that's"?  It's bad enough if you have to write that's', but it'd be really terrible if you'd have to endure that's's![/quote]

Pluralize "that's"?  Under what circumstances could you possibly pluralize a noun-verb contraction, other than changing it to "those're"?[/quote]

I dunno, but at least with my system you have the flexibility to do so, should the mood strike you.

[Beeeej]

[quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv]Plus, what if you want to pluralize "that's"?  It's bad enough if you have to write that's', but it'd be really terrible if you'd have to endure that's's![/quote]

Pluralize "that's"?  Under what circumstances could you possibly pluralize a noun-verb contraction, other than changing it to "those're"?[/quote]

I dunno, but at least with my system you have the flexibility to do so, should the mood strike you.[/quote]

You have the flexibility to pluralize "that's" to "those're" in the current, correct system, anytime any mood strikes you.  Are we talking about the same thing when we use the word "pluralize," or are you thinking "make into a possessive" and not quite putting it into words properly?

[ftyuv]

[quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv]Plus, what if you want to pluralize "that's"?  It's bad enough if you have to write that's', but it'd be really terrible if you'd have to endure that's's![/quote]

Pluralize "that's"?  Under what circumstances could you possibly pluralize a noun-verb contraction, other than changing it to "those're"?[/quote]

I dunno, but at least with my system you have the flexibility to do so, should the mood strike you.[/quote]

You have the flexibility to pluralize "that's" to "those're" in the current, correct system, anytime any mood strikes you.  Are we talking about the same thing when we use the word "pluralize," or are you thinking "make into a possessive" and not quite putting it into words properly?[/quote]

I was making a joke.  Sheesh.  Y'all are too literal.

[Beeeej]

[quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv]Plus, what if you want to pluralize "that's"?  It's bad enough if you have to write that's', but it'd be really terrible if you'd have to endure that's's![/quote]

Pluralize "that's"?  Under what circumstances could you possibly pluralize a noun-verb contraction, other than changing it to "those're"?[/quote]

I dunno, but at least with my system you have the flexibility to do so, should the mood strike you.[/quote]

You have the flexibility to pluralize "that's" to "those're" in the current, correct system, anytime any mood strikes you.  Are we talking about the same thing when we use the word "pluralize," or are you thinking "make into a possessive" and not quite putting it into words properly?[/quote]

I was making a joke.  Sheesh.  Y'all are too literal.[/quote]

Y'all apparently aren't funny enough.

[ftyuv]

[quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv]Plus, what if you want to pluralize "that's"?  It's bad enough if you have to write that's', but it'd be really terrible if you'd have to endure that's's![/quote]

Pluralize "that's"?  Under what circumstances could you possibly pluralize a noun-verb contraction, other than changing it to "those're"?[/quote]

I dunno, but at least with my system you have the flexibility to do so, should the mood strike you.[/quote]

You have the flexibility to pluralize "that's" to "those're" in the current, correct system, anytime any mood strikes you.  Are we talking about the same thing when we use the word "pluralize," or are you thinking "make into a possessive" and not quite putting it into words properly?[/quote]

I was making a joke.  Sheesh.  Y'all are too literal.[/quote]

Y'all apparently aren't funny enough.[/quote]

Touche.  But I'd rather be incapable of resisting a bad joke than incapable of recognizing one

[Beeeej]

[quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv]Plus, what if you want to pluralize "that's"?  It's bad enough if you have to write that's', but it'd be really terrible if you'd have to endure that's's![/quote]

Pluralize "that's"?  Under what circumstances could you possibly pluralize a noun-verb contraction, other than changing it to "those're"?[/quote]

I dunno, but at least with my system you have the flexibility to do so, should the mood strike you.[/quote]

You have the flexibility to pluralize "that's" to "those're" in the current, correct system, anytime any mood strikes you.  Are we talking about the same thing when we use the word "pluralize," or are you thinking "make into a possessive" and not quite putting it into words properly?[/quote]

I was making a joke.  Sheesh.  Y'all are too literal.[/quote]

Y'all apparently aren't funny enough.[/quote]

Touche.  But I'd rather be incapable of resisting a bad joke than incapable of recognizing one [/quote]

You apparently have your wish!  :-)

[ftyuv]

[quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv][quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv]Plus, what if you want to pluralize "that's"?  It's bad enough if you have to write that's', but it'd be really terrible if you'd have to endure that's's![/quote]

Pluralize "that's"?  Under what circumstances could you possibly pluralize a noun-verb contraction, other than changing it to "those're"?[/quote]

I dunno, but at least with my system you have the flexibility to do so, should the mood strike you.[/quote]

You have the flexibility to pluralize "that's" to "those're" in the current, correct system, anytime any mood strikes you.  Are we talking about the same thing when we use the word "pluralize," or are you thinking "make into a possessive" and not quite putting it into words properly?[/quote]

I was making a joke.  Sheesh.  Y'all are too literal.[/quote]

Y'all apparently aren't funny enough.[/quote]

Touche.  But I'd rather be incapable of resisting a bad joke than incapable of recognizing one [/quote]

You apparently have your wish!  :-)[/quote]

And not just that, but deeply nested quote tags, which are just about my favorite thing on online chat boards.  I was on one once where the admins installed a "cool" mod to cut out all but the most recent few, and it made threads so much less fun.

[Liz '05]

[quote Beeeej][quote ftyuv]Plus, what if you want to pluralize "that's"?  It's bad enough if you have to write that's', but it'd be really terrible if you'd have to endure that's's![/quote]

Pluralize "that's"?  Under what circumstances could you possibly pluralize a noun-verb contraction, other than changing it to "those're"?[/quote]

That'ss/That's'/That's's apparently induce a lot of grammatical confusion.


The only likely scenario I can think of is a discussion of the noun-verb contraction itself.  I'd probably simplify the sentence by using a singular "that's" as the subject, though, use italics or quotation marks for it to lessen confusion, and adjust the subject-verb agreement accordingly.

[Beeeej]

[quote Liz '05]That'ss/That's'/That's's apparently induce a lot of grammatical confusion.[/quote]

See, now I have to assume you're being serious.

When have you ever seen "that'ss" "that's'" or "that's's"?!

[Liz '05]

[quote Beeeej][quote Liz '05]That'ss/That's'/That's's apparently induce a lot of grammatical confusion.[/quote]

See, now I have to assume you're being serious.

When have you ever seen "that'ss" "that's'" or "that's's"?![/quote]

I've never seen it, but I can conceive of a situation where I'd write about it.  But then again, I'm a linguistics dork.  I just wanted to throw out a possible situation where you'd pluralize "that's".

[Beeeej]

[quote Liz '05][quote Beeeej][quote Liz '05]That'ss/That's'/That's's apparently induce a lot of grammatical confusion.[/quote]

See, now I have to assume you're being serious.

When have you ever seen "that'ss" "that's'" or "that's's"?![/quote]

I've never seen it, but I can conceive of a situation where I'd write about it.  But then again, I'm a linguistics dork.  I just wanted to throw out a possible situation where you'd pluralize "that's".[/quote]

Far as I've seen, you still haven't yet.  :-)  Can you give an actual example?

[ftyuv]

[quote Liz '05][quote Beeeej][quote Liz '05]That'ss/That's'/That's's apparently induce a lot of grammatical confusion.[/quote]

See, now I have to assume you're being serious.

When have you ever seen "that'ss" "that's'" or "that's's"?![/quote]

I've never seen it, but I can conceive of a situation where I'd write about it.  But then again, I'm a linguistics dork.  I just wanted to throw out a possible situation where you'd pluralize "that's".[/quote]

I was taught to always quote a word when meaning the word itself and not its meaning.  Multiple instances of "that's" would be "that's"s.  Not that thats's much easier to read