Schal330@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 months agoIt must be a silent Rlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkIt must be a silent Rlemmy.worldSchal330@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoBy decades they meant “the 1970s” or “the 60s” I don’t know if we can rely on British popularity, given y’all’s prevalence of the “greengrocer’s apostrophe.”
minus-squareProfessorProteus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoNever heard of the greengrocer’s apostrophe so I looked it up. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-greengrocers-apostrophe-1690826 I absolutely love that there’s a group called the Apostrophe Protection Society. Is there something like that for the Oxford Comma? I’d gladly join them!
By decades they meant “the 1970s” or “the 60s”
I don’t know if we can rely on British popularity, given y’all’s prevalence of the “greengrocer’s apostrophe.”
Never heard of the greengrocer’s apostrophe so I looked it up. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-greengrocers-apostrophe-1690826
I absolutely love that there’s a group called the Apostrophe Protection Society. Is there something like that for the Oxford Comma? I’d gladly join them!