In Plurals^x, Punctuation^x, Apostrophes^x

Mister Micawber wrote: 1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops? 2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me," I want to go out. " or She told me," I want to...

A is an interesting one, Hela. Dashes are presumably casual colons, and I find the same problem with both of them. If it looks too awkward or unclear, I recast as an unpunctuated clause.B-- This is one of the special cases in which you are permitted to use an apostrophe to make a plural; it...

Apostrophe ( ' ) See Possessives for more information. The apostrophe is used when leaving out a letter or number in a contraction, e.g. can't, wouldn't. The apostrophe is used for omitted letters, e.g. rock 'n' roll, and for omitted numbers, e.g. the class of '72, the '20s. The...

The plural of pleasure is "pleasures". The "s" used as an inflectional suffix becomes part of the word it is added to. Using an apostrophe would be incorrect. I think I've missed something, though, because I cannot see any questions about punctuation. Miriam

The correct spelling of "grammer" is "grammar". "Nazi's", if you mean the plural of Nazi, should be "Nazis" without the apostrophe. The "s" is part of the word. "Grammar Nazis" appears to be a vocative, so I would add a comma after it. Finally, since the exclamation mark functions as full stop,...

The (incomplete) Punctuation FAQ Hopefully this will grow in time, as other questions are asked and answered, and other people add to this. Hopefully (!) some kind moderator or adminstrator will mark this thread as sticky. INTRODUCTION In grammar, the rules are forged in a delicate balance...