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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2012 21:52:03 GMT
For a church promotional brochure:
Great Kids Programs
Should Kids have an apostrophe (KIDS')
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Post by Verbivore on Feb 8, 2012 22:24:27 GMT
For a church promotional brochure: Great Kids Programs Should Kids have an apostrophe (KIDS') Programs of, to, for, by, with, or from kids = kids'. |
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Post by Dave on Feb 9, 2012 6:58:05 GMT
Amen!
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Post by Tone on Feb 10, 2012 20:36:30 GMT
>Great Kids Programs<
However ...
To be devious:
Could it be that "Kids" is an acronym?
(And thus needs not the possessive.)
Tone
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Post by Alan Palmer on Feb 13, 2012 10:48:11 GMT
Tone:
No.
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Post by Tone on Feb 13, 2012 20:25:36 GMT
Tone
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Post by hubertus on Feb 19, 2012 9:33:43 GMT
Does anyone else lament the replacement of the word children by kids?
The former seems so wholesome whilst the latter appears offhand and mildly patronising and can even be used disparagingly as in "Bloody kids!"
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Post by Verbivore on Feb 19, 2012 11:08:49 GMT
Does anyone else lament the replacement of the word children by kids?The former seems so wholesome whilst the latter appears offhand and mildly patronising and can even be used disparagingly as in "Bloody kids!" Would bloody children be an improvement? As for children being wholesome -- I know a few who are so, but many others who would be an insult to a goat's offspring, in terms of manners, cleanliness, and general intelligence.  There's little point in regretting language evolution, but that doesn't oblige one to incorporate the changes in one's own speech or writing. |
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Post by Tone on Feb 19, 2012 14:25:48 GMT
>As for children being wholesome -- I know a few who are <
Well, it depends on how they are cooked. ;D
Tone
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Post by Pete on Feb 23, 2012 15:10:13 GMT
>As for children being wholesome -- I know a few who are <Well, it depends on how they are cooked. ;D Tone I love children, but I couldn't eat a whole one! |
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