Interesting Global NewsEnglish · 2 months ago

Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval

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Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval

www.theguardian.com

Interesting Global NewsEnglish · 2 months ago

Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not traditionally correct in German

Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not traditionally correct in German

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Ff8GY

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It’s not always that simple…
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  Nah, it’s pretty simple. Pronouns don’t use apostrophes for possession; they only use them for contractions like “it’s”.

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