This may or may not be inspired by the nebula original abolish everything, a show I have not watched.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    9 days ago

    The inconsistency of apostrophe usage in English for possessives and contractions. If it was instead written…

    It-s a wonderful day out today, take your phone but turn off it’s data so you can soak up the clear blue skies.

    It’d be so much fucking easier and my OCD would be satiated.

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      8 days ago

      Granted, but no hyphen.

      Henceforth, possession shall be denoted with ` and contraction shall be denoted with '. Possessive plurals shall be denoted with ``.