Comments on: Crosspost: OlD people think adult’s assume kid’s know

By: eeyore19

eeyore19 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:38:34 +0000

I wasn't reading it as three separate statements. I took it to mean that old people are thinking that adults are assuming that kids know.

By: Bitter Mac

Bitter Mac — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:28:57 +0000

it's graffiti. either the artist is being artsy or he/she is being what graffiti artists usually are: ignorant.

By: girrl88

girrl88 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:00:49 +0000

toep, the problem is that when you put the apostrophe in like that it changes the meaning of the word. Adults means grownups as a group, adult's mean that the adults own something - can adults own assume? No, that's not possible. That means that you're not supposed to put an apostrophe there. Do kids own know? Of course not, that doesn't make any sense. You would say that kids know. The correct way to say it would be that
old people think,
adults assume,
kids know.

By: toep

toep — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:35:30 +0000

Well, you could say it with periods, but i think it reads as is. That being: a conclusion old people draw about adult's (most likely parents) opinion of their childrens' certitude.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:26:30 +0000

What this really needs is a couple periods.