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Help with punctuation.
« on: 14 January 2018, 09:11:41 »

Hi all,hope everyone is good.This may seem a daft question but how do you put a comma over the top of a letter.For instance cv,s i am trying to put the , at the top of the v.I have tried different thing on the keyboard,can anyone help a thick brummy out. ;D.Dean. 
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #1 on: 14 January 2018, 09:18:56 »

It's the key underneath the @.
To clarify, it's the same key as the @, but without the shift key pressed.

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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #2 on: 14 January 2018, 09:33:25 »

It's the key underneath the @.
To clarify, it's the same key as the @, but without the shift key pressed.

Ron.
Thank you Ron,very kind.I did not know that key did that thought it was just@. :y.Dean.
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #3 on: 14 January 2018, 09:38:58 »

This has also solved the same little mystery for me. Cheers.  :y
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #4 on: 14 January 2018, 09:49:57 »

It does also depend on what you are using, whether it be a laptop, PC Keyboard or Tablet. On my PC Keyboard the ' symbol is under the " to the left of 'Enter', on my laptop it is under the @ as Ron said and on my IPad it's on the numerical page (123 Key), along with most of the other punctuation marks.

Hope you're sorted now.  :y
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #5 on: 14 January 2018, 09:53:04 »

Hi all,hope everyone is good.This may seem a daft question but how do you put a comma over the top of a letter.For instance cv,s i am trying to put the , at the top of the v.I have tried different thing on the keyboard,can anyone help a thick brummy out. ;D.Dean.

.. and you don't need an apostrophe in the example to make a plural of a noun, although one could argue the correct form as "CV" is an abbreviation of a latin expression.

"CVs" would be the correct form without getting into latin. ::)
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #6 on: 14 January 2018, 10:01:57 »

Last time, punctuation was mentioned we had a flounce.
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #7 on: 14 January 2018, 10:04:01 »

Hi all,hope everyone is good.This may seem a daft question but how do you put a comma over the top of a letter.For instance cv,s i am trying to put the , at the top of the v.I have tried different thing on the keyboard,can anyone help a thick brummy out. ;D.Dean.

.. and you don't need an apostrophe in the example to make a plural of a noun, although one could argue the correct form as "CV" is an abbreviation of a latin expression.

"CVs" would be the correct form without getting into latin. ::)
Kevin i struggle with English let alone latin,its taken me 55 years to find the bloody key to do '. ;D ;D.
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #8 on: 14 January 2018, 10:09:29 »

Kevin i struggle with English let alone latin,its taken me 55 years to find the bloody key to do '. ;D ;D.
No worries, and I didn't mean to be pedantic. :y

I think I did Latin for a year at school, and it was a bigger waste of time than doing the football that would otherwise have been in my timetable.. and they used to call me "the statue" when I played football. ::)
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #9 on: 14 January 2018, 10:11:01 »

HA-HA "CV"s i know where that key is. ;D ;D.
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #10 on: 14 January 2018, 10:13:14 »

Hi all,hope everyone is good.This may seem a daft question but how do you put a comma over the top of a letter.For instance cv,s i am trying to put the , at the top of the v.I have tried different thing on the keyboard,can anyone help a thick brummy out. ;D .Dean.

.. and you don't need an apostrophe in the example to make a plural of a noun, although one could argue the correct form as "CV" is an abbreviation of a latin expression.

"CVs" would be the correct form without getting into latin. ::)


This.


Plural nouns NEVER take an apostrophe. If you're unsure about apostrophes, leave them out. You're much more likely to be correct than if you scatter them everywhere.
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #11 on: 14 January 2018, 10:19:13 »

Kevin i struggle with English let alone latin,its taken me 55 years to find the bloody key to do '. ;D ;D.
No worries, and I didn't mean to be pedantic. :y

I think I did Latin for a year at school, and it was a bigger waste of time than doing the football that would otherwise have been in my timetable.. and they used to call me "the statue" when I played football. ::)
I know mate no offense taken,never did Latin at school so i would not know a noun from a plural ;D.I was called something similar playing rugby ;D ;D ;D.
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #12 on: 14 January 2018, 10:28:39 »

So just to mess my head up. ;D What is correct CV's or "CVs".I love this button now ' i am going to use it more ;D ;D.
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #13 on: 14 January 2018, 10:33:59 »

CVs is correct. :y
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #14 on: 14 January 2018, 10:35:55 »

CV's = CV belonging to him.  Apostrophe indicates missing letters of CV his

CVs = more than one CV
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #15 on: 14 January 2018, 10:49:15 »

CV's = CV belonging to him.  Apostrophe indicates missing letters of CV his

CVs = more than one CV


First one is just wrong. Both explanations.


Second one is right
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« Reply #16 on: 14 January 2018, 10:53:23 »

CV's = CV belonging to him.  Apostrophe indicates missing letters of CV his

CVs = more than one CV


First one is just wrong. Both explanations.


Second one is right
The only time I could see where you might use an apostrophe is if you were saying something like “This CV’s missing a page”. But, rather than write that, which looks odd, I would either use “CV is” or rejig the sentence to “a page is missing from this CV”.
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #17 on: 14 January 2018, 10:55:20 »

Right from now on i am going to put.Dear Sir please find enclosed my curriculum Vite,lots of love Dean. ;D ;D
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« Reply #18 on: 14 January 2018, 10:58:06 »

Right from now on i am going to put.Dear Sir please find enclosed my curriculum Vite,lots of love Dean. ;D ;D
Don’t put that, Dean, it will look worse if you spell it wrong.  ;D
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« Reply #19 on: 14 January 2018, 11:09:46 »

Right from now on i am going to put.Dear Sir please find enclosed my curriculum Vite,lots of love Dean. ;D ;D
Don’t put that, Dean, it will look worse if you spell it wrong.  ;D
'dangle berries',vitae spell check is poo. ;D ;D.
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #20 on: 14 January 2018, 11:28:01 »

Right from now on i am going to put.Dear Sir please find enclosed my curriculum Vite,lots of love Dean. ;D ;D
Don’t put that, Dean, it will look worse if you spell it wrong.  ;D


You should use capitals on both, or none, of the words.
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« Reply #21 on: 14 January 2018, 11:35:42 »

Right from now on i am going to put.Dear Sir please find enclosed my curriculum Vite,lots of love Dean. ;D ;D
Don’t put that, Dean, it will look worse if you spell it wrong.  ;D


You should use capitals on both, or none, of the words.
So Nick,i put Curriculum Vitae.Or curriculum vitae is that right.Dean.
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Re: Help with punctuation.
« Reply #22 on: 14 January 2018, 12:12:48 »

Special case regarding "it's" versus "its" - you only ever use an apostrophe for "it's" when it means "it is"; anything else, no apostrohe.

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« Reply #23 on: 14 January 2018, 12:22:06 »

Special case regarding "it's" versus "its" - you only ever use an apostrophe for "it's" when it means "it is"; anything else, no apostrohe.

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« Reply #24 on: 14 January 2018, 12:24:21 »

Special case regarding "it's" versus "its" - you only ever use an apostrophe for "it's" when it means "it is"; anything else, no apostrohe.

Ron.


Exactly, it's  is always a contraction of it is, or it has. If you write it in full that becomes clear: the cat sat in it is basket is obviously wrong.
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« Reply #25 on: 14 January 2018, 12:26:15 »

Right from now on i am going to put.Dear Sir please find enclosed my curriculum Vite,lots of love Dean. ;D ;D
Don’t put that, Dean, it will look worse if you spell it wrong.  ;D


You should use capitals on both, or none, of the words.
So Nick,i put Curriculum Vitae.Or curriculum vitae is that right.Dean.


Yes. They're both correct, so it's a style judgement. Pick the one that looks best to you, and always write it that way.
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« Reply #26 on: 14 January 2018, 12:41:47 »

Just to be pedantic (again), the plural of curriculum vitae is curriculA vitae; the qualifier does not change.
Yes, I did Latin at school because it was then a requirement for university entry.

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« Reply #27 on: 14 January 2018, 13:20:00 »

Amo, amas, amat, amamus, amamis, amant...

And one of my school mates self proclaimed title, "Ego sum Dominus". ;D

I never did Latin at Secondary school, opting for German instead. He went with Latin...

Guess who has a German wife, and lives just outside Frankfurt... ::) The irony isn't lost on either of us ;D
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« Reply #28 on: 14 January 2018, 13:22:10 »

And where does a grocer's apostrophe fit? .....  ::)
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« Reply #29 on: 14 January 2018, 13:34:07 »

Amo, amas, amat, amamus, amamis, amant...

And one of my school mates self proclaimed title, "Ego sum Dominus". ;D

I never did Latin at Secondary school, opting for German instead. He went with Latin...

Guess who has a German wife, and lives just outside Frankfurt... ::) The irony isn't lost on either of us ;D
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« Reply #30 on: 14 January 2018, 13:36:49 »

Thank goodness for that... I haven't remembered as much as I thought :D
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« Reply #31 on: 14 January 2018, 13:40:02 »

Just to be pedantic (again), the plural of curriculum vitae is curriculA vitae; the qualifier does not change.
Yes, I did Latin at school because it was then a requirement for university entry.



That's true when it's used as Latin. But modern thinking is that when you're using foreign terms as English, then English rules apply. So we have stadiums, singular data, blonde men, etc etc.
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« Reply #32 on: 14 January 2018, 13:40:53 »

And where does a grocer's apostrophe fit? .....  ::)


Anywhere you care to stick it, as long as it isn't written anywhere ::)
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« Reply #33 on: 14 January 2018, 14:48:13 »

I must be a dinosaur then, Nick, because I always use the correct terms, i.e. stadia, datum, blond to use your examples.
Maybe my Latin lessons weren't wasted?

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« Reply #34 on: 14 January 2018, 15:22:52 »

We will need a bloody degree to post on here soon.  ::)
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« Reply #35 on: 14 January 2018, 16:08:56 »

Nah, we are only showing off!
Not everything academic is worthwhile.
And I can't type!

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« Reply #36 on: 14 January 2018, 16:13:56 »

Yeah, had noticed Ron lad. ;D
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« Reply #37 on: 14 January 2018, 16:17:13 »

Hmph, I feel a flounce coming on.....
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