[Livia]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes Fella its not normal
Now its On FoxNewsHD and CNN USA

How ironic that someone is protesting about students' rights outside a place of learning and managed to use misuse the apostrophe TWICE in a three word sentence. Some kind of record, I think...

I have no problem with transgender people using a female toilet. I can't understand their objection.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Livia

How ironic that someone is protesting about students' rights outside a place of learning and managed to use misuse the apostrophe TWICE in a three word sentence. Some kind of record, I think...

I have no problem with transgender people using a female toilet. I can't understand their objection.

I missed that.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Livia

How ironic that someone is protesting about students' rights outside a place of learning and managed to use misuse the apostrophe TWICE in a three word sentence. Some kind of record, I think...

I have no problem with transgender people using a female toilet. I can't understand their objection.

I think only the second apostrophe is wrong. The first one is a possessive apostrophe, which is being used correctly. the rights that belong to girls, so they are girl's rights.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by lostalex

I think only the second apostrophe is wrong. The first one is a possessive apostrophe, which is being used correctly. the rights that belong to girls, so they are girl's rights.

*bbbzzzrrtttt* incorrect, it's a possessive plural, therefore it should read:

girls'

i.e the rights of all girls. "Girl's rights" would be the rights of one, singular girl.

Unless, of course, the sign is being ghetto and is just talking about that one transgendered girl, like; "Hey, Girl's rights matter brah!". But I don't think that's likely to be the case...

Back to school with you Alex! Don't you know that the Internet is full of grammar Nazis? Can't stand them, myself...

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

*bbbzzzrrtttt* incorrect, it's a possessive plural, therefore it should read:

girls'

i.e the rights of all girls. "Girl's rights" would be the rights of one, singular girl.

Unless, of course, the sign is being ghetto and is just talking about that one transgendered girl, like; "Hey, Girl's rights matter brah!". But I don't think that's likely to be the case...

Back to school with you Alex! Don't you know that the Internet is full of grammar Nazis? Can't stand them, myself...

...scrutinises this post for a grammar error...

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...scrutinises this post for a grammar error...

I wavered over using a semicolon after "incorrect". I fear I made the wrong decision. It looks suspicious. You'll have to put me on Yellow, Ammi. (You now use the "traffic light" system.)

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I wavered over using a semicolon after "incorrect". I fear I made the wrong decision. It looks suspicious. You'll have to put me on Yellow, Ammi. (You now use the "traffic light" system.)

...actually I might move you straight to red and 10 minutes less posting time today just because I'm in a bit of a mood today...

[Ammi]

...you can just sit there and watch the other members posting nicely with their grammar...

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

*bbbzzzrrtttt* incorrect, it's a possessive plural, therefore it should read:

girls'

i.e the rights of all girls. "Girl's rights" would be the rights of one, singular girl.

Unless, of course, the sign is being ghetto and is just talking about that one transgendered girl, like; "Hey, Girl's rights matter brah!". But I don't think that's likely to be the case...

Back to school with you Alex! Don't you know that the Internet is full of grammar Nazis? Can't stand them, myself...

I stand corrected. English is much harder than math.