The Carrot Effect

[Chargeride]

Well-known linguist John McWhorter largely agrees with you on both counts.

Lets Chill Out About Apostrophes https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/...unlocked_article_code=1.cE4.6EWz.jrm8x9vPx3qp

But there's also a fairly recent counter-trend — often seen on this forum, in fact — wherein nearly every "s" is preceded by an apostrophe regardless of its role. As in, "Bicycle's are fun, but I hate flat tire's."

I personally think that properly used capitals and apostrophes make written speech easier to interpret in a way that's largely unnecessary in spoken language. Leaving them out makes the writer's job easier, but the reader has to work that much harder to get the intended meaning.

I think the extra work should stay with the writer, who going into the exchange is the only one who knows what's really meant.

wed get used it pretty quickly, but tbh gen lastweek are writing a new english
for themselves which is a good thing.

i do remember everyone losing their minds when trump used twitter to make government announcements, i said then everyone will be doing it soon.
and they completely have.

 

[Chargeride]

the context argument is often used, but there many words that require context in english thats its rather a moo point.
thanks joey...
apostrophes simply lay in the gramma snobbery armament for winning an argument based on the fact you didnt use one "correctly", and obviously didnt go the right school.