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A hilarious, furious and profoundly useful short guide to the most maddening punctuation in EnglishApostrophes are an f’ing pain. The rules about how to use them are complicated, and have evolved haphazardly.Originally written as advice by a copywriter for designers — wont to insert and remove apostrophes at will, for visual effect — this is a lighthearted pocket-sized guide to getting the f’ing things right.Simon Griffin lets off steam so that we don’t have to, showing precisely why "Rihanna and Jennifer’s photos were all over the Internet" is quite different to "Rihanna’s and Jennifer’s photos" or what words apostrophes are replacing in sentences such as "He’d like you to buy him some cocaine," or "They’ve got it all on camera."Elegantly produced, this is the perfect gift for any pedant, as well as an indispensable guide in all our moments of grammar-related frustration.WARNING: CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!

Fucking Apostrophes

ISBN: 9781785781414
Authors: Simon Griffin
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Date of Publication: 2020-10-01
Format: Hardcover
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Riley is your virtual thrift companion, and here to help you find your next favourite read. You can also find in-stock similar reads linked by topic and genre here!

A hilarious, furious and profoundly useful short guide to the most maddening punctuation in EnglishApostrophes are an f’ing pain. The rules about how to use them are complicated, and have evolved haphazardly.Originally written as advice by a copywriter for designers — wont to insert and remove apostrophes at will, for visual effect — this is a lighthearted pocket-sized guide to getting the f’ing things right.Simon Griffin lets off steam so that we don’t have to, showing precisely why "Rihanna and Jennifer’s photos were all over the Internet" is quite different to "Rihanna’s and Jennifer’s photos" or what words apostrophes are replacing in sentences such as "He’d like you to buy him some cocaine," or "They’ve got it all on camera."Elegantly produced, this is the perfect gift for any pedant, as well as an indispensable guide in all our moments of grammar-related frustration.WARNING: CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!