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Why Should The Use Of Apostrophes Confuse Anyone?
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SP, King's Cross does have an apostrophe
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"So it's not correct to use the apostrophe seeing that the party belongs to the Socialist Workers? "
Interesting point (to people like me at least!) The official name would suggest not, but from a grammatical point of view an apostrophe might be appropriate. Depends how you look at it. There's even a case for Socialist Worker's party even if they have more than one member, because you might think of it as the party of the socialst worker (in general)
But that ain't their official name so I'd say for that reason alone it's wrong
Interesting point (to people like me at least!) The official name would suggest not, but from a grammatical point of view an apostrophe might be appropriate. Depends how you look at it. There's even a case for Socialist Worker's party even if they have more than one member, because you might think of it as the party of the socialst worker (in general)
But that ain't their official name so I'd say for that reason alone it's wrong
"I have yet to understand why a spoken language is spelt so differently to the written language. When someone is speaking he doesn't 'speak' apostrophes. A language is meant to be a way of communicating. I wonder if in 50 years time languages will be written phonetically.... "
Because spoken language is less open to misinterpretation, due to pronounciation, voice tone etc. Apostrophes are also useful in written language for splitting out things like St James's, and other instances where confusion could occur.
Because spoken language is less open to misinterpretation, due to pronounciation, voice tone etc. Apostrophes are also useful in written language for splitting out things like St James's, and other instances where confusion could occur.
They cause confusion because, like many topics, their use has not been taught properly to young people in recent years. The State likes its citizens to have a fair degree of ignorance so that they do not understand or question things too closely. It controls that level by controlling State education whilst sending their own offspring to public schools.
BTW Barons Court in West London does not have an apostrophe because it is not the court belonging to a baron. It takes its name from the Baronscourt estate in Ireland which was owned by a gentleman who did most of the early property development in the area.
BTW Barons Court in West London does not have an apostrophe because it is not the court belonging to a baron. It takes its name from the Baronscourt estate in Ireland which was owned by a gentleman who did most of the early property development in the area.
blame the Irish, that sounds good to me, NJ. As to why we have them, they represent long-vanished letters, much the same as accents do in French. Very broadly speaking, "the man's house" might once have been something like "the mannes house" or even "the man his house". (And of course "he's" is short for "he is".)
Which means there's no real point in having them unless you're determined to commemorate the lost glories of 12th-century English. I wouldn't weep if their use was abandoned.
Which means there's no real point in having them unless you're determined to commemorate the lost glories of 12th-century English. I wouldn't weep if their use was abandoned.
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