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I've read 11 pages of this thread, now - and I do have a burning question: Shouldn't the "Andrews" in the thread title be followed by an apostrophe of possession?
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Or a colon or dash - I could accept one of those two, as well.
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Humanities degrees don’t teach basic English language skills
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Pies4shaw wrote:Or a colon or dash - I could accept one of those two, as well.
Yes; an apostrophe not a dash.
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[quote="eddiesmith"]Humanities degrees don’t teach basic English language skills
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Apostrophe, of course.

It could be with a colon, an em dash, or simply a space: all are acceptable, though the dash is marginal.

Or just a colon, no apostrophe. Just a dash? Well, OK, at a pinch, but the colon is better.

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OK, apostrophe inserted. Everyone happy now? ;)
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David wrote:OK, apostrophe inserted. Everyone happy now? ;)
Isn't it in the wrong place? His name is Andrews not Andrew
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Stui, couldn't you have waited until Tannin saw it first? :? :lol:
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As long as we don't have to eat Dan, I'm OK with anything, now.
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Who is Scottys? And why isn't he spelled "Scotties"?

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Well, I think we can all say with certainty that I'm not the Messiah! :P
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I didn't have enough space to properly fix it by putting both apostrophes in, so have given Daniel his official portmanteau to keep Stui happy. Also, detention for all of you.
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Detention? Goodie! We can all stay back and pull Stui's pigtails! Yay!


PS: you could have just left out "strength of" without changing the meaning by more than a hair.
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You leave my pigtails alone or I'll Benny Hill slap your bald bonce. :P
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