The apostrophe, it's almost worse than the government censorship police state!
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2025
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Pluralizing acronyms and decades with apostrophes is my biggest grammatical pet peeve.
Apostrophes are for possession and contractions!! It's "The 90s" or "The '90s," not "The 90's!"
Wait until you see them pluralize 'email'.
Oh they got this all screwed up.
No VPNs! Let the gov't watch you wank!
That’s not what it said?
I read it as a single sentence, as in the government can't watch you wank if you're using a VPN. Then I chucked in a Lionel Hutz reference.
And this racing stripe here I feel is pretty sharp.
This is where my english language comprehension skills show their limitation…
Thanks for the explanation!
Not to worry, it is awkwardly phrased, to be fair.
Punctuation is key.
It's the difference between helping your friend, Jack, off a horse and, well, something worse.
But then who am I performing for?
King and country?
Jokes on you, that's my kink.
The Government Knows