Posted by Blinky the Shark on 10/25/83 11:46

dorayme wrote:

> In article
> <pan.2006.04.30.11.33.59.39823@thurston.blinkynet.net>,
> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Hywel Jenkins wrote:
>>
>> > Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> >> What shouts out at me: all the instances of "photo's".[1] Plurals don't
>> >> require apostrophes.
>> >
>> > You could argue that in this instance the apostrophe is correct as
>> > letters have been omitted.
>>
>> If one wanted to appear dense, sure.
>>
>
> I dunno, HJ's was a clever enough point.... It never occurred to

Except for one thing. "Photo" has become a word in its own right.

And you seem to have missed the *actual* clever suggestion that if an
apostrophe of contraction *was* required, then it would equally be
required for the *singular*: photo' (Because "graph" is just as much
clipped from the singular as it is the plural.)

> me. In fact, come to think of it, with this particular word, it
> might not be a bad choice. Must remember to stick in an apostophe
> next time I use it to surprise the stickler brigade with a

You misspelled "those who know how to spell".

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