"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
10/19/2013 at 15:58 • Filed to: None
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"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
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typo's should be illegal :p
EDIT: they fixed it (before, the status was "OJ was guitly", but they corrected it)
Mikeado
> dogisbadob
10/19/2013 at 16:31 |
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An apostrophe in a non-possessive plural should be illegal.
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dogisbadob
> Mikeado
10/19/2013 at 16:50 |
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Yes it should, with very very few exceptions (for example, there are 200 McDonald's within 3 miles)
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Mikeado
> dogisbadob
10/19/2013 at 16:57 |
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A restaurant that belongs to McDonald. Not a number of McDonalds.
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dogisbadob
> Mikeado
10/19/2013 at 17:01 |
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The apostrophe is part of the name of the company.
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Mikeado
> dogisbadob
10/19/2013 at 17:06 |
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Correct. Still not a plural :-P
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> Mikeado
10/19/2013 at 18:31 |
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McDonald's'?
ttyymmnn
> dogisbadob
10/19/2013 at 23:35 |
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That doesn't count as an exception. It should read, "There are 200 McDonald's restaurants within 3 miles." McDonald's is a possessive determiner, which means it becomes an adjective in this case. Without the word "restaurants" there is no noun for the adjective to modify, hence we don't know exactly what there are 200 of. Unless you are at a reunion of the McDonald clan, and there are 200 McDonalds (plural, non-possessive) within 3 miles. Then the sentence works.
Disclaimer: I have been drinking, so I might be wrong. But I don't think I am.
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Mikeado
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/20/2013 at 09:21 |
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...Possibly.