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  • @SpaceNoodle
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    21 year ago

    Frenchiness is no excuse for apostrophe abuse

    • XusonthaOP
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      1 year ago

      Baguette doesn’t sound as close to begets as baguette’s (and it’s a meme, not an English essay). Also, Polandball memes themselves often have bad grammar because it’s usually a combination of the native language and English.

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        01 year ago

        Which language pluralizes with an apostrophe followed by an s?

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          Dutch. Not kidding. Plural of hobby is hobby’s, not hobbies for example. Same with pony’s, baby’s, lolly’s and even newer “borrowed” words from English like reply’s. We use the apostrophe and s if there is no vowel before the y.

        • XusonthaOP
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          01 year ago

          I’m telling you it isn’t supposed to be grammatically correct. Baguette’s when pronounced sounds closer to begets than baguette. It’s also funnier (at least to most people) since it’s wrong in a comedic way.

          Also, why do you think the 's is pluralizing? There’s no indication whatsoever that baguette’s is supposed to be plural.

          • @SpaceNoodle
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            -11 year ago

            Even if baguette is verbed, no apostrophe would be used.

            • XusonthaOP
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              1 year ago

              If you’re following grammar rules, which I already said it isn’t. Also, it would have an apostrophe if it was possessive, so by itself baguette’s isn’t necessarily wrong (for example, the baguette’s wrapper was clear). I’m confused about what you’re arguing since it seems to make no sense.

              • @SpaceNoodle
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                -11 year ago

                *grammar

                It wouldn’t make any sense for it to be possessive.

                • XusonthaOP
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                  01 year ago

                  Oh no a typo from me typing on my phone. Guess my entire argument is invalid. That must be why you didn’t address any of my points.

                  • @SpaceNoodle
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                    1 year ago

                    That’s clearly not a typo.

                    Good job changing the subject.