Some of you have noticed that your apostrophe is missing when you post a response from contracted words like "dont" , "its", "theres", "cant", etc. Do NOT be alarmed!! Its not you. Its the "fix" that the Autopian programmers have come up with to work-around the syntax error 108 which EVERYONE has seen on posts that makes them inaccessible and unable to view. When ever an apostrophe is typed in the title of a new post, it has caused this error, and now the typing program within this forum has automatically removed this offending punctuation from all typed wording.
While I commend this forums Admins for "fixing" this problem, it makes my command of the English language look like an uneducated buffoon or that I lack the proper typing skills needed to convey my thoughts (both accurate assessments/characterizations of my usage and abilities!). I say this because my Mother was an English teacher , whom I had in high school for my Junior year class, and she would be appalled if she read some of my typed posts and remark, "Thats NOT what I taught you in MY class".
I only say this to defend myself (and yours) to put blame where blame is due. I wish the Admins would have informed us Autopians that this was being done; either that , OR I did not get the memo that was sent out.
In the mean time, we will all have to mentally insert the apostrophe as needed in the appropriate typed contractions (like its for it is) and possessive first person nouns as we read these posts.
This post and subsequent typed response may get me banned by the Admins of this forum, but it is no excuse in my mothers eyes, and she would have sent to the principals office and put on detention being an English teachers son who (supposedly) knows (types?) better. (Think classic 80s movie, "The Breakfast Club")
While I commend this forums Admins for "fixing" this problem, it makes my command of the English language look like an uneducated buffoon or that I lack the proper typing skills needed to convey my thoughts (both accurate assessments/characterizations of my usage and abilities!). I say this because my Mother was an English teacher , whom I had in high school for my Junior year class, and she would be appalled if she read some of my typed posts and remark, "Thats NOT what I taught you in MY class".
I only say this to defend myself (and yours) to put blame where blame is due. I wish the Admins would have informed us Autopians that this was being done; either that , OR I did not get the memo that was sent out.
In the mean time, we will all have to mentally insert the apostrophe as needed in the appropriate typed contractions (like its for it is) and possessive first person nouns as we read these posts.
This post and subsequent typed response may get me banned by the Admins of this forum, but it is no excuse in my mothers eyes, and she would have sent to the principals office and put on detention being an English teachers son who (supposedly) knows (types?) better. (Think classic 80s movie, "The Breakfast Club")
