kingthrillgore to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 months agoThis isn't a rule, its just something worth knowing if you speak or write englishimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down11
arrow-up1466arrow-down1imageThis isn't a rule, its just something worth knowing if you speak or write englishkingthrillgore to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-square7heolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-210 months agoThat’s a joke, because that’s the way people make mistakes with apostrophes all the time. The correct spelling is indeed “catastrophes”, but a lot of people would spell it “catastrophe’s” (which technically means “the […] of catastrophe”).
minus-square4thDimensionDuck@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWhy did catasthropie hoard all our apostrophies?
Catastrophe’s*
Why?
That’s a joke, because that’s the way people make mistakes with apostrophes all the time.
The correct spelling is indeed “catastrophes”, but a lot of people would spell it “catastrophe’s” (which technically means “the […] of catastrophe”).
Why did catasthropie hoard all our apostrophies?