Punctuation?
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- winter0
a)
"40 years of experience" is less coloquial and would clear anyone's doubt.
- hiten0
id say A also
- kelpie0
you are no longer an American though para, you're a freaky midAtlantan now.
- rasko40
i think he's making a historical joke with the french kelpie
teehee harhar
- MrT0
I'll leave you ladies to sort that one out. In the mean time I'm going with B.
Ta very much :-)
- kelpie0
doh, obviously.
- determinedmoth0
i don't know where you get off. this american is correcting your grammar on a regular basis.
paraselene
(Jan 13 06, 08:13)Balls do you!
- DiscoKid0
It's b. It's to do with English being random. The apostrophe shortens a phrase, in this case replacing 'of' - 40 years of experience. Similar eccentricities occur with time, e.g, six o’ clock, where the apostrophe partially replaces the phrase ‘of the’.
- rasko40
http://www.korsnas.se/templates/…
Yep there it is, never argue with the Swede's when it comes to good English.
It's B.
- rasko40
no offence disco, but that's utter fucking bollocks.
- paraselene0
Balls do you!
determinedmoth
(Jan 13 06, 08:17)do so.
sometimes i don't tell you. i just correct it in my head.
- mr_snuggles0
I would like to see more options, I'm not satisfied with any of the ones presented...
- kelpie0
true true treu, even I could tell that, and i don't got my reading and rightin much proper yet
- determinedmoth0
Balls do you!
determinedmoth
(Jan 13 06, 08:17)do so.
sometimes i don't tell you. i just correct it in my head.
paraselene
(Jan 13 06, 08:20)Dont make me come over there.
- mr_snuggles0
btw - what do you have 40 years experience in?
- determinedmoth0
btw - what do you have 40 years experience in?
mr_snuggles
(Jan 13 06, 08:22)Punctuation.
- DiscoKid0
Nope. The apostophe is used where there are contractions in words, for example, Cannot = can't, do not = don't, etc.
- skt0
Can I see it in a hot pink.
And maybe give it a little more room to breathe.
- MrT0
btw - what do you have 40 years experience in?
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