Ok, let's nerd out: In Germany you can find a common misuse of the apostrophe especially on shop signs. We don't do the possessives thing. So Frank's glass of water in German would be Franks Glas Wasser. Or a shop sign: Franks Frisörgeschäft. Wrong: Frank's Frisörgeschäft. As a designer that alway's hurt's my eye's.
You've done it now... You simply MUST follow up with the next best ick tutorial on how the hell to pronounce the word SPECIFIC!!!! (i.e. that it does in fact begin with an S and is not a body of water named the Pacific! Oh wow, on further thought... you could literally have a series of these! Brilliant and well done AGAIN.
Well, i was taught this in school. I spoke Afrikaans natively and then learnt English in grade 4 upwards. I was then taught how to use apostrophes and all that.
Personally cool to know I have the same intuitions about using apostrophe, but I've been overusing it lately to emphasize a word is plural, like Apple's 'no's'.
Don't neglect the possessive apostrophe that is different if the name or item ends in an ess or is a plural possessive. The Farmers' Market. Moses' sheep. It's past 2am on the west coast. I hope you'll forgive my ramblilings
Great point. I thought about including this subset of possessives, but it gets *really* messy. CMOS and MLA would have us do "circus's" but AP (and APA it looks like by a quick search) prefer "cicrus'." I've gone back and forth myself!
A simple housestyle/rule that has served me well is to simply follow the spoken pronunciation. Essentially, if you pronounce the post-apostrophe s, write it. So it would be correct to say “Welcome to James’s house” because we pronounce it like ‘Jameses’. However, you’d skip the second s for “Have you stolen King Louis’ cake?”, keeping in line with the pronunciation of “Loo-ees” - single s - in its possessive form. This is the low-stress approach, IMO!
@@tspmcfarlane I've actually never tried this! This is interesting. In the case of Steve Jobs, would you say "Jobses" legacy or "Jobs" legacy (to get to the Jobs's vs. Jobs decision)?
But McGuire, what about the apostrophe ick when it’s the wrong glyph? It’s always supposed to be »’« instad of »‘« this - a little 9 instead of a 6. Part 1 has a lot of wrong ones … even Beyoncé’s cover of »Texas Hold ‘Em« has ist wrong.
That’s it! And it always seems like I’ll be perceived as too persnickety if I say something. A server or host has 100 better things to do, and I’d be the absolute worst if I asked for a manager. They should have an anonymous menu feedback form. 😂
I get the same kind of twitch, but at least the missing Oxford comma has some historical precedence (I always use the Oxford comma). The random apostrophe being shoved in plural words has no basis in reality.
McGuire dropping the educational content I didn’t know I needed
More clarity than all of my English classes at school.
Triggered. And disarmed. Well played. 2:33
Success.
Maybe salad was a person. "Wanna grab salad's sometime."
Whole new definition to "toss the salad."
this video's pretty good.
That's kind, thank you!
ROFLMAO!!! LOVE the closing! Boom! Mic drop!
WOW. Thanks for sharing. I was thinking about it the other day.
Ok, let's nerd out: In Germany you can find a common misuse of the apostrophe especially on shop signs. We don't do the possessives thing. So Frank's glass of water in German would be Franks Glas Wasser. Or a shop sign: Franks Frisörgeschäft. Wrong: Frank's Frisörgeschäft. As a designer that alway's hurt's my eye's.
Knowledge + Structure + Perfect Examples + Humor - I love your way of teaching ♥
Thank you. You are doing God’s work.
These videos’s are amazing.
How dare you. Also, well done.
bahaha i see what you did there
You've done it now... You simply MUST follow up with the next best ick tutorial on how the hell to pronounce the word SPECIFIC!!!! (i.e. that it does in fact begin with an S and is not a body of water named the Pacific! Oh wow, on further thought... you could literally have a series of these! Brilliant and well done AGAIN.
This is the most useful video I watched this week.
Well, i was taught this in school. I spoke Afrikaans natively and then learnt English in grade 4 upwards. I was then taught how to use apostrophes and all that.
Great webflow tutorial!
WOW amazing video. !!
I’m happy I studied my punctuations well
Throwback to my ESL lessons, but fun 🥳
thi's is one of my fav video's so far, Mcguires on fire
Your on fire 🔥
I LOVE THE FINAL! LOOOL
‘S is shortcut for “is”
you're video's alway's look's nice
That mean’s a lot to me!
it’s ’ice
but if nothing was ever yours, was it possessive at all?
Personally cool to know I have the same intuitions about using apostrophe, but I've been overusing it lately to emphasize a word is plural, like Apple's 'no's'.
Thank's
Why are your videos so subtly hilariou's?
Reason’s.
Unexpected Buck callout in this video.
Where? For Apple’s videos?
I would have gone for: there are a thousand "no"s
Considering that "no" is a reference to something thousands of people are saying.
There are two type's of people.
wow, just thought it was something related to Webflow's class naming convention, but no, lol!
Do you think the difference between “it’s” and “its” warrants it’s own video?
It could be it’s own video, but only if its going to provide more value than what’s covered in this one.
@@mcguirebrannon it…ok your comment gave me the ick, but I realize “its” was on purpose. Haha
Don't neglect the possessive apostrophe that is different if the name or item ends in an ess or is a plural possessive. The Farmers' Market. Moses' sheep. It's past 2am on the west coast. I hope you'll forgive my ramblilings
man can teach me how to eat an apple and i would be down for it too
Sounds like great content!
How about the actual character? ´ vs. '
I’d still love the effort to put an apostrophe even if it’s the wrong glyph.
OR… in a case where the word ends with s: “it was the circus’ second tour”… I’ve seen numerous times people adding an s at the end “circus’s” - no no!
Great point. I thought about including this subset of possessives, but it gets *really* messy. CMOS and MLA would have us do "circus's" but AP (and APA it looks like by a quick search) prefer "cicrus'." I've gone back and forth myself!
A simple housestyle/rule that has served me well is to simply follow the spoken pronunciation. Essentially, if you pronounce the post-apostrophe s, write it. So it would be correct to say “Welcome to James’s house” because we pronounce it like ‘Jameses’. However, you’d skip the second s for “Have you stolen King Louis’ cake?”, keeping in line with the pronunciation of “Loo-ees” - single s - in its possessive form. This is the low-stress approach, IMO!
@@tspmcfarlane I've actually never tried this! This is interesting. In the case of Steve Jobs, would you say "Jobses" legacy or "Jobs" legacy (to get to the Jobs's vs. Jobs decision)?
What about James’ or James’s? I commented before that I would learn what ever you teach and here we are…
But McGuire, what about the apostrophe ick when it’s the wrong glyph? It’s always supposed to be »’« instad of »‘« this - a little 9 instead of a 6. Part 1 has a lot of wrong ones … even Beyoncé’s cover of »Texas Hold ‘Em« has ist wrong.
I like this, but it also stressed me out. Do comma ick next.
Comma ick? Like too many commas? Or missing Oxford comma?
@@mcguirebrannon Yep. Too many, missing Oxford, consequences of a forgotten comma, and any other comma drama.
@@mcguirebrannon Skip Bayless (sports personality) recently had a tweet with a LOT of commentary on the importance of his comma usage. 😅
In German it is called the "Deppen Apostroph" :D
😂 You speak my language. I bet you've never seen a restaurant menu without a typo. I haven't. Blessing or curse?
That’s it! And it always seems like I’ll be perceived as too persnickety if I say something. A server or host has 100 better things to do, and I’d be the absolute worst if I asked for a manager. They should have an anonymous menu feedback form. 😂
The'se video's goe's hard.
This hurt’s.
Disagree with 3 and 4. Plural of "no" is "noes", btw.
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Triggered.
uhhh... you didn't fix the "thank's"... please fix it to say "thanks." - thanks
Too late. Its stuck there forever.
@@mcguirebrannon NOOOOOO!!!! 🙀
..................I was waiting to be trolled. I'm happy I wasn't.
EDIT: Im happy I wasnt.
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McGuire embraces his inner grammar nazi, and I’m all for it - it drive’s me crazy’s thats people’s write like thi’s. Or they use ’you’re’ 😭
comma ick is infinitely worse, not even comma splices like this, either, im talking no oxford comma, ick.
I get the same kind of twitch, but at least the missing Oxford comma has some historical precedence (I always use the Oxford comma). The random apostrophe being shoved in plural words has no basis in reality.
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sorry this topic was quite boring for me i was unable to watch full video@@mcguirebrannon
@@malikyasirsattar1483, that's okay - the retention was high for many others, so it all evened out. Thanks for stopping by!