Today I saw something that gives me courage cramps every time I see him. At the corner of Philip Fisher and Freedom I got a flyer from a maintenance company dedicated to repair, among other things, gas installations and Boylan's.
Boyler's! God blessed!
And I say this because the word is written with i , and that comes from the verb meaning boil boil , but by the estupidísimo use of this "committee" before the s .
First, this sign is called an apostrophe , no "committee" or "apostrophe" as some people think ("apostrophe" means something completely different), and spelling is a sign indicating the elision of a letter or number . Up I know, not used in English, and most know him for his use in the English language. The problem is that almost nobody really knows how to use the apostrophe in that language.
Based on several years of experience studying and later teaching English, I make this quite clear.
First, the apostrophe is NOT used in the plural. That widespread belief that the plural in English is spelled with an apostrophe is a big mistake I see every day everywhere and makes me sore eyes glaring.
companies manage boiler's , football teams are called The Galactic's or Transformer's , shops selling CDs or arranged laptop's , etc.
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!
are not boiler's are boilers , nor is written CD's or DVD's , write CDs and DVDs ; not written laptop's , written laptops. is so stupid like write kettle's, disco's compact's or, 's laptop computer's . It looks horrible, right?
English plurals are formed almost the same in English. With s .
car - cars
book - books
ringtone - ringtones
You see? Without Apostrophes!
For those hungry for knowledge, now explain other cases where the apostrophe is used :
In English, the apostrophe (') is used only in two very specific cases: in contractions and possessive nouns . Below we give some examples.
A contraction is when two words together to form one, as with the verb conjugation Be :
I am = I'm
She is = She's
It is = It's
We are = We're
As you can see, the two words are merged into one and removed the letters and spaces are replaced by apostrophe ('). This happens in many other cases
Have The verb in its various conjugations
You Have =
I've Had Better = He'd Better
The modal
Would I Would = He'd
and other
isn't
is not = let us = let's
worth mentioning that this is also common in other languages such as France, where je ai is replaced by j'ai and the école becomes l'école.
The other case applies to the use of the apostrophe is the possessive nouns, where the termination 's indicated property, for example:
John's house , which means "House of John',
= Tony's Bar Tony's Bar,
Liz's T-shirt = Liz's shirt, or
the dog's sweater = dog sweater.
Well, I hope I have helped to clarify a couple of minds, and I ask that if the input has seemed interesting to invite others to read.
Many greetings.
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