Clemens' hilarity

by Eldukey on Feb 8, 2008 2:19 PM PST Comment 32 comments

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2008/02/08/2008-02-08_source_brian_mcnamee_testif ied_roger_cle.html

Source: Brian McNamee testified Roger Clemens' wife took HGH

good lord this is going to be hilarious if true

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I don't know how to edit the title of this diary

since I don't know if it's in English.

by Jeff Sullivan on Feb 8, 2008 2:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

it's a new form of northwest dialect

don't hate on me because i'm ahead of my time

by Eldukey on Feb 8, 2008 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Cursed vernacular

by Jeff Sullivan on Feb 8, 2008 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That word

is SO Jeff Weaver-era...

by Slica on Feb 8, 2008 3:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Who is this Clemen fella?

"You guys should be in every major city. This is some heavy shit. This is, like, Lone Ranger heavy, man."

by AZSEAfan on Feb 8, 2008 2:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

heres a couple peoples guesses

Clemen

by thenatural on Feb 8, 2008 2:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i replaced the apostrophe

are you happy now, adolf?

by Eldukey on Feb 8, 2008 2:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

The correct form is Clemens's

by Graham on Feb 8, 2008 2:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Is that a joke?

The apostrophe alone is right.

by The Alaskan on Feb 8, 2008 5:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think that's only true

of things that belong to plurals. For example, parents'

Clemens is his name. So it must belong to Clemens, ergo, Clemens's

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Feb 8, 2008 5:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No, it also applies to multiple syllable singulars

So, Gus's. James's. Gustavus'. Anyway, that's how I was taught: single syllable got the apostrophe and 's', multiple syllable just got the apostrophe. Here's a link that talks about it:

http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/possessive-form-of-singular-nouns-ending-with-s.php

Sorry, I was not taught html. Anyway, the suggestion here is there is no right/wrong.

by The Alaskan on Feb 8, 2008 5:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I was only guessing.

Though now I'm interested in learning more.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Feb 8, 2008 5:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Our university standards dictate otherwise

by Graham on Feb 8, 2008 5:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well perhaps things are different

on your side of the pond.

by The Alaskan on Feb 8, 2008 5:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Stop screwing up my language >:(

by Graham on Feb 8, 2008 5:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not talking about your language.

I'm talking about mine. Yours is a whole different set of problems.

by The Alaskan on Feb 8, 2008 5:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It's spelled "proublems."

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Feb 8, 2008 5:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If you're going to be stereotypical

It's spelled 'Those things which bollocks up everything. Arse.'

by Graham on Feb 8, 2008 5:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Give 'em hell, Fancy Pants!

by The Alaskan on Feb 8, 2008 5:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You are correctly describing

how apostrophe use is taught in America.

Graham's way is superior as it contains more information. The American style requires you know in advance whether the word is plural - the British style does not.

by Llewdor on Feb 8, 2008 6:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Who cares

nobody speaks(or types)proper english anymore.

This is the era of the text message.
What R U up 2 L8er?

English is a dying fad.

Seriously...Who the FUCK steals another mans bobblehead?

by RED29 on Feb 9, 2008 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't think of a sentence

where it would be obvious somewhere else. Can you?

by The Alaskan on Feb 9, 2008 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

-wouldn't- be obvious

by The Alaskan on Feb 9, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

oh my, i butchered the spelling of hilarity

ok, maybe I did deserve that, carry on

by Eldukey on Feb 8, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, I didn't even notice the Clemens mistake

by Jeff Sullivan on Feb 8, 2008 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I did a quick google search of it

and it didn't correct me, so I figured I was in the clear, normally I'm pretty attentive to spelling, but of course the one I do let get by me is in a title.

by Eldukey on Feb 8, 2008 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs