[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5BrQRSTxg6cslZKcrMnfc40/the-apostrophe-quiz ]How did you do?[/url] I got a paltry 6/10
I'm not enough of a saddo to try it
I achieved 10/10 for not giving a shit.
........and it's pendants Shirley? 😉
I got 8/10. Always thought I was useless at use of apostrophes'e's' too
9/10, and I'd argue the one I got wrong
9 for me...it was a bit tougher than the usual apostrophe quiz. Confused that Jesus' is correct, but Richard Harris' wasn't. 😕 (Seems a bit arbitrary why in the explanation.)
9/10 for me - got the one about Cher's men wrong
Oh dear, I only got 6/10 too....I iz thick! 🙁
Have it!
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[I]Confused that Jesus' is correct, but Richard Harris' wasn't.[/I]
That's the one I'd argue, grr.
9/10, failed on Richard Harris's spats, went for the same as Jesus' crash helmet......
8/10 - got Cher and Harris wrong. 😳
I got the Jesus one wrong, but it's only Jesus so meh.
9/10 😀
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9/10 - got the Richard Harris one wrong.
9/10, failed on Richard Harris's spats, went for the same as Jesus' crash helmet......
Harris is a surname and Jesus is a bibical name.
It's also to do with the sound. If you sound the S then it's 's if not it's just '
9 for me...it was a bit tougher than the usual apostrophe quiz. Confused that Jesus' is correct, but Richard Harris' wasn't. (Seems a bit arbitrary why in the explanation.)
Yeah, I got Harris wrong too. I was taught in English at school that the Jesus example was correct for all names that ended with an S. I suspect this is something that's changed over time.
It's also to do with the sound. If you sound the S then it's 's if not it's just '
The trailing S is silent in Jesus? 😯
8/10 football date and terrapins 😐
Jesus and letters. I'll accept the letters but Jesus and classical names? that's just made up to trap people surely.
Yeah, 66 takes an apostrophe as there's something missing. You don't add one to plurals unless it aids readability (dotting the i's later on).
The trailing S is silent in Jesus?
It's not an S sound like Harris.
Unless my accent meant I got lucky. 😆
The Jesus one is not as clear cut as the BBC suggest, many people pronounce an extra s so why not write one. However, if you do pronounce an extra s, quite alot of verse would not scan apparently. Most publications are guided by their style guide rather than a clear cut rule.
10 out of 10, mother******'s
Some of the examples are fairly poor tbh, the '66 one would be tricky if you didn't know the context frinstance
frinstance
f'rinstance
Even though I did well, the questions about apostrophes are:
Why do so many get them wrong?
Why don't businesses get someone to check things? (re: the guy in Bristol)
One I saw on a pub in Keighley was: "Gigg's every Friday night" so three mistakes in one unless the ex Man Utd footballer happened to be booked for weekly visits.
Jesus. The Richard Harris one got me too.
mefty - Memberf'rinstance
And yet you didn't notice mother*****'s. One out of two for you.
Eyesight not good enough - only can just make it out now you've pointed it out.