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puts hair on ya chest (mander.xyz)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

We also don't use apostrophes for plural words.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Speak for yourselv’es

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    The apostrophe abbreviates the es (to 's) that used to be part of the English possessive (as it still is on some words that end s)

    It's a bit shit. Lots of people have trouble with it, lots of English as a second language people have trouble with not understanding what is replaced by the apostrophe

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