Hi! I think the wrong episode was uploaded on the podcast. An old episode about what to do after you’ve submitted your applications and you’re playing the waiting game was posted under this title. Thanks for all you do.
Dean Z, thank you so much for making these! Quick question. As someone with a last name that ends with an S, I have always written "the Williams' family dog" for example. But you said to write "Dean Zearfoss's grammar section on the vlog." I've always preferred no additional S because it looks less messy, but are you saying "s's" is a hard and fast rule? Thank you!
Well-despite my strong opinions about everything, when pressed, I have to confess that I don’t think there are many “hard and fast” rules in grammar; language evolves! So let me simply say that I have a very strong preference for using apostrophe S after any last name, including a name that ends in S, and further, that Strunk & White as well as the much more modern Benjamin Dryer all agree with me. That practice also reflects how I would say it aloud: Zearfoss’s grammar predilections, with three syllables in Zearfoss’s, not a two-syllable Zearfoss grammar predilections. But I think the best approach is to try to survey and familiarize yourself with the range of opinions on a given grammar question, and then do what seems/feels/looks best to you. Thanks so much for asking! - Dean Z
A slight amendment to your apostrophe advice: To pluralize a letter (e.g. "Mind your P's and Q's"), it's okay to use an apostrophe ... unless I am wrong.
"Sometimes people throw in apostrophes for no reason." I see this all the time in fantasy novels to make something sound exotic (usually a made-up language or important location). Examples that come to mind are Orcish and the Ancient Language in the Eragon Cycle. Always has been a curio to me.
While it's become a cliche, those apostrophes are presumably to represent consonants which aren't cleanly rendered by the Latin alphabet (like the ' in Hawai'i)
Another terrific video! Thank you Dean Z and everyone who helps make these videos! ( Hope to see you soon this Fall :) )
These 509s are very difficult to navigate and this was EXTREMELY helpful! Much appreciated!!
Went to sleep last night stressed how I am going to decide where to attend and woke up to this helpful video!
Hi! I think the wrong episode was uploaded on the podcast. An old episode about what to do after you’ve submitted your applications and you’re playing the waiting game was posted under this title. Thanks for all you do.
I came to say the same thing! The episode on the Apple podcast app is not correct.
Thank you for the heads up! I'm fixing it now. -Dustin
Dean Z, thank you so much for making these! Quick question. As someone with a last name that ends with an S, I have always written "the Williams' family dog" for example. But you said to write "Dean Zearfoss's grammar section on the vlog." I've always preferred no additional S because it looks less messy, but are you saying "s's" is a hard and fast rule? Thank you!
Well-despite my strong opinions about everything, when pressed, I have to confess that I don’t think there are many “hard and fast” rules in grammar; language evolves! So let me simply say that I have a very strong preference for using apostrophe S after any last name, including a name that ends in S, and further, that Strunk & White as well as the much more modern Benjamin Dryer all agree with me. That practice also reflects how I would say it aloud: Zearfoss’s grammar predilections, with three syllables in Zearfoss’s, not a two-syllable Zearfoss grammar predilections. But I think the best approach is to try to survey and familiarize yourself with the range of opinions on a given grammar question, and then do what seems/feels/looks best to you. Thanks so much for asking! - Dean Z
A slight amendment to your apostrophe advice: To pluralize a letter (e.g. "Mind your P's and Q's"), it's okay to use an apostrophe ... unless I am wrong.
"Sometimes people throw in apostrophes for no reason."
I see this all the time in fantasy novels to make something sound exotic (usually a made-up language or important location). Examples that come to mind are Orcish and the Ancient Language in the Eragon Cycle. Always has been a curio to me.
While it's become a cliche, those apostrophes are presumably to represent consonants which aren't cleanly rendered by the Latin alphabet (like the ' in Hawai'i)
@@Catduridisforfite Very interesting point.
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