Comments on: Meter’s Takes Quarter’s Only http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html Links and visuals illustrating an orthographic pet peeve. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:35:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3828 Alan Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:09:23 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3828 Yay! A thread for pedants. Can I play?<br />'metre' is only the British spelling for the unit of measurement. 'Meter' as in 'parking meter' would still be spelt as shown on the sign. Yay! A thread for pedants. Can I play?
'metre' is only the British spelling for the unit of measurement. 'Meter' as in 'parking meter' would still be spelt as shown on the sign.

]]> By: Melanie http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3826 Melanie Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:45:08 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3826 If you acknowledge that the joke wasn't funny, why does my lack of appreciation for it mean I have no sense of humor? If you acknowledge that the joke wasn't funny, why does my lack of appreciation for it mean I have no sense of humor?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3825 Anonymous Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:42:50 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3825 Jamie made an unfunny joke as 3 of the 4 words end in 'S', he/she hoped to hihglight this in an amusing way<br /><br />Melanie on the otherhand has no sense of humour and a need to be correct. Thank you for your observations about the nature of the word 'metre' (british spelling)<br /><br />Drake is an idiot Jamie made an unfunny joke as 3 of the 4 words end in 'S', he/she hoped to hihglight this in an amusing way

Melanie on the otherhand has no sense of humour and a need to be correct. Thank you for your observations about the nature of the word 'metre' (british spelling)

Drake is an idiot

]]> By: Drake http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3824 Drake Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:11:29 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3824 Jamie got OWNED. Jamie got OWNED.

]]> By: Melanie http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3739 Melanie Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:29:20 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3739 Actually, the correct word is only, which doesn't end in an S.<br />Meter's is supposed to be meters, which is plural. So takes is conjugated incorrectly. Actually, the correct word is only, which doesn't end in an S.
Meter's is supposed to be meters, which is plural. So takes is conjugated incorrectly.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3738 Jamie Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:52:35 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/07/meters-takes-quarters-only.html#comment-3738 And the only correct word ends in an "S." And the only correct word ends in an "S."

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