#1
Taunty Dan wrote:
my teachers are probably dead… :(
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 15:28
#2
mrs h wrote:
You had teachers???????? :eek:
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 15:29
#3
Taunty Dan wrote:
well, they were there, i wouldn’t say it was for MY benefit, mind. :p
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 15:31
#4
mrs h wrote:
I don’t rate Colin’s teachers anyway - he hasn’t noticed that he wrote ‘everyopne’ yet …
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 15:47
#5
Taunty Dan wrote:
actually, while we’re on the subject of grammar, whats the correct use of ’ when making a word ploural? I thought it was in place of a letter, eg “Dan’s ace, int he?” but then you get it used as “dan’s house” as well. Whats right?
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 16:00
#6
mrs h wrote:
Ah! I found it!
They’re both right. If you miss out a letter you use an apostrophe, as in don’t, won’t etc - but it is also used to indicate ownership of something, so if something belongs to Colin then it’s Colin’s.
The only time this isn’t true is with the word its. You only ever use an apostrophe in it’s if you mean it is.
Couldn’t be simpler :)
And you mean ‘plural’ not ‘ploural’ - or is that another one of your bizarre spelling habits? :D
Edit - and you never ever use an apostrophe when you’re making a plural - you just stick an S on the end.
And if you’re doing the belonging thingy and the word ends in an s, then you don’t use the second s.
So you could say - I found this dog but I don’t know if it’s Dan’s or Dennis’
Hope that helps.
Next week: Using the pluperfect tense in e-commerce
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 16:36
#7
Taunty Dan wrote:
but what if theres a pub called colins, is it Colins or Colin’s?
EDIT: No, ploural was just a typo! :p
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 16:39
#8
mrs h wrote:
It depends if it means a name or not. You’d say Colin’s if it was named after somebody called Colin - but if their surname was Colins (for example) then it would be Colins’ :D
If it was the Rovers Return you probably would assume that there was more than one rover so you wouldn’t put an apostrophe in.
If you’re ever not sure then ask Dennis - he loves it when people do it wrong :)
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 16:46
#9
Taunty Dan wrote:
hmm…its all very complicated…i think its best i carry on my habit of adopting a dodgy european accent and damn my ignorance, i’m just a guest in your country.
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 16:53
#10
King Caffeinebomb I wrote:
You can’t pass off your “Staffordshire Brummie” as European you know
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 16:54
#11
Taunty Dan wrote:
is you talking to me my friend? Me no understandy…sprachen si cannock?
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 16:57
#12
King Caffeinebomb I wrote:
y’am orlroite. point o moiyild?
(you’re alright, Pint of Mild?)
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 16:58
#13
Dennis wrote:
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 16:59
#14
Taunty Dan wrote:
damn! he’s cracked my secret code! :D
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 17:00
#15
mrs h wrote:
I was going to ask what you all sound like, but I’ve decided to start a new thread instead :)
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 17:43
#16
Divers (Simon) wrote:
Your teacher has Bebo…is it serious..has he had it looked at yet??
The poor man i fear the worst:(
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 17:48
#17
CS (Colin S) wrote:
Yes, it’s serious.
@ mrs h. :p
Colinx
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 18:46
#18
King Caffeinebomb I wrote:
Your teacher has Bebo?
How much is the ransom, we must not negotiate with kidnappers!
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 19:26
#19
Taunty Dan wrote:
fuck Bebo. I never liked the kid, Teach can keep him.
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 19:39
#20
Hatham wrote:
Wish my teachers were as cool. All we got with our school was a bunch of people pretending to be teachers then slagging off all the uncool kids by by using their profiles to call ‘em cunts :D
Just intruiged but which bebo address is yours on that page colin? ?
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 22:44
#21
CS (Colin S) wrote:
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 23:10
#22
CS (Colin S) wrote:
Taunty Dan wrote:
fuck Bebo. I never liked the kid,
Oh, thanks. :(
:D
Colinx
Posted on Thu, 23 November 2006 at 23:10
#23
Hatham wrote:
Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 00:59
#24
CS (Colin S) wrote:
So you left me that comment! ;)
Colinx
Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 23:47
#25
mr self destruct wrote:
Is it only me who finds it a bit weird that a teacher would want to have online contact with his pupils? :rolleyes:
Posted on Sun, 26 November 2006 at 10:39
#26
CS (Colin S) wrote:
He’s just an ICT nerd… it’s quite amusing. He started takin the piss out of me when I was in detention.
So I linked his Bebo in the hope that he would recieve random adds and he’d get pissed. ;)
Colinx
Posted on Sun, 26 November 2006 at 22:38
