Comments on: Apostrophe Madness http://www.meryl.net/2002/03/05/apostrophe-madness/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, social media Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: cherany http://www.meryl.net/2002/03/05/apostrophe-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-505321 cherany Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:29:01 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2002/03/05/apostrophe-madness/#comment-505321 <p>My 3rd grade daughter's teacher gave her a low evaluation for not separating the last letter when using contraction. My daughter wrote the apostrophy correctly in the appropriate place, but she did not leave a space between the word and its last letter. For example can't, but she did not separte the "t" from the word. Her score was a "C - ".</p> <p>I do not find any text where reads that you should leave a space between the apostrophe last letter of the word and the rest of the word.</p> <p>Do you have any reference or information. I am actually still fighting back the teacher.</p> <p>Regards, Cherany</p> My 3rd grade daughter’s teacher gave her a low evaluation for not separating the last letter when using contraction. My daughter wrote the apostrophy correctly in the appropriate place, but she did not leave a space between the word and its last letter. For example can’t, but she did not separte the “t” from the word. Her score was a “C – “.

I do not find any text where reads that you should leave a space between the apostrophe last letter of the word and the rest of the word.

Do you have any reference or information. I am actually still fighting back the teacher.

Regards,
Cherany

]]> By: Burningbird http://www.meryl.net/2002/03/05/apostrophe-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Burningbird Wed, 06 Mar 2002 04:16:37 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2002/03/05/apostrophe-madness/#comment-281 <p>Its really funny.</p> <p>Or is it, it's?</p> <p>better...</p> <p>It is funny.</p> Its really funny.

Or is it, it’s?

better…

It is funny.

]]> By: wari http://www.meryl.net/2002/03/05/apostrophe-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-280 wari Wed, 06 Mar 2002 00:57:44 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2002/03/05/apostrophe-madness/#comment-280 <p>There's another one here at http://www.angryflower.com/plural.gif , and there's the famous quote from Gary D. Shapiro:</p> <p>It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs.</p> There’s another one here at http://www.angryflower.com/plural.gif , and there’s the famous quote from Gary D. Shapiro:

It’s is not, it isn’t ain’t, and it’s it’s, not its, if you mean it is. If you don’t, it’s its. Then too, it’s hers. It isn’t her’s. It isn’t our’s either. It’s ours, and likewise yours and theirs.

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