Poor grammar on the big screens

[robith]

Come on you R's

Pray tell, who does this R belong to?

Taking fan complaining to an all time low

[LoftusRoadLad]

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[robith]

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I noticed last night the big screen flashes up with "Come on you R's", and got irrationally annoyed at such poor grammar. I think it's because apostrophes are the only piece of grammar I know the rules on.

Apologies all round, this is the worst thread ever

[vblockranger]

I noticed last night the big screen flashes up with "Come on you R's", and got irrationally annoyed at such poor grammar. I think it's because apostrophes are the only piece of grammar I know the rules on.

Apologies all round, this is the worst thread ever

nope still lost...

[The Godfather]

"R's" is short for "Rangers", isn't it? An apostrophe can be used to indicate omitted characters, particularly when the normal form of an inflection seems awkward or unnatural (e.g. "KO'd" rather than "KOed"). Therefore, I don't think you're right in saying that this is grammatically incorrect.

However, "come on you Rs" is also perfectly acceptable.

[twranger]

apostrophe S implies possession of the singular - belonging to, so the OP has a very valid point.
S apostrophe implies possession of a plural.
Hope that clears this up!!

[LoftusRoadLad]

oh...

[tetters]

I know where you're coming from, poor grammar annoys me too. The Godfather is correct too, the ol' omission apostrophe can be used.
Yeah maybe this is the worst thread ever.

[robith]

I know where you're coming from, poor grammar annoys me too. The Godfather is correct too, the ol' omission apostrophe can be used.
Yeah maybe this is the worst thread ever.

Yes, he is, I hadn't contemplated that - I saw it and presumed misuse of the possesive apostrophe.

I should probably fall on my sword and propose my owning banning for this atrocity

[qpr93]

after this forum post you should go and dig your veins out with a spoon

[LoftusRoadLad]

We like seeing a ball in the back of the net especially by QPR..not reading a dictionary !!

[Spencer]

im also a big fan of them people that cant' get there grammer written down,properly I wander sometimes if this has got somfing to do with the fact thatnowadays we see words misspelt on tv ads and conseqently kids that grow up are unable to infact spell words correctley and donut really no what us Olduns used to do in them days when we were taut to spell and pronounce words in the old fashioned aBc and also knowing when to put a commer or a fullstop or indeed when in is correct to put a CAPITAL letter but that comes from from the society what we live in these days :

[80sCasual]

All these end of season nerves is making people go mad, we're off to Cardiff on saturday to win the title, i don't think the English language is gonna be high on peoples priorities especially as in Wales they wouldn't understand us anyway.

[davidla80]

It's a dog.
I hadn't seen him.

No possessives there!

Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe

[Chalet1882]

Come on you R's

Pray tell, who does this R belong to?

Taking fan complaining to an all time low

id never notice as my grammer is apauling :drunk: