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[Closed] Grammar Cops' Apos'trophe Abuse

 IHN
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[i]who incidentally Lloyd's never belonged to[/i]

To whom, incidentally, Lloyd's never belonged.

Ending a sentence on a preposition is something up with which I will not put 🙂


 
Posted : 02/01/2013 11:35 am
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Is "incidentally Lloyd's never belonged to him" acceptable, as that at least reads like something you might say rather than something straight from a grammar text book?


 
Posted : 02/01/2013 1:25 pm
 IHN
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Well, ignoring the fact that correct grammar is correct grammar, whether spoken or written, then yes, that is acceptable (although, for complete pedantry, there should be a comma after 'incidentally').


 
Posted : 02/01/2013 1:31 pm
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Well, ignoring the fact that correct grammar is correct grammar,

Says who? Who or what is this body or person that determines the correctivity of grammar?


 
Posted : 02/01/2013 2:02 pm
 IHN
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I am 🙂


 
Posted : 02/01/2013 2:09 pm
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🙂


 
Posted : 02/01/2013 2:21 pm
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Wish twas me but it aint.


 
Posted : 02/01/2013 4:28 pm
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My fave apostrophe was seen in Newcastle a few years ago....a bar which was advertising Pil's at £1 a bottle.


 
Posted : 03/01/2013 7:03 pm
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