Comments on: Writing tips 3: the feral apostrophe https://glendalarke.com/2006/06/writing-tips-3-feral-apostrophe/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:37:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2006/06/writing-tips-3-feral-apostrophe/#comment-25054 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 02:19:07 +0000 #comment-25054 J'ai appris des choses interessantes grace a vous, et vous m'avez aide a resoudre un probleme, merci.

– Daniel

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2006/06/writing-tips-3-feral-apostrophe/#comment-25053 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:25:00 +0000 #comment-25053 Nordevious – glad to be of help. I dunno how anyone manages to conquer English as a Second Language, quite frankly!

Karen, I actually disagree with you over decimate. I think, like many, many other words, the usage has already deviated from the original to have come to mean “destroy a large part of” and that even dictionaries recognise this nowadays. Shall I try to include the word used this way in every future book I write, just for the pleasure of seeing you froth?
*Gives evil grin*

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2006/06/writing-tips-3-feral-apostrophe/#comment-25052 Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:38:00 +0000 #comment-25052 Oh don’t get me started. Feral apostrophes and misuse of the word ‘decimate’ send me into frothing frenzy … *g*

Excellent explanations!

]]> By: NoraDevius https://glendalarke.com/2006/06/writing-tips-3-feral-apostrophe/#comment-25051 Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:37:00 +0000 #comment-25051 I get many little things like the one above wrong. The one that plagued me the most until recently was sent vs. send. The horrors of being ESL and self-taught…It’s always good to see people still post such useful information for others.

Thank you for this lesson!

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