1/6 Hot Toys - MMS297 - Star Wars: Episode IV - Luke Skywalker Collectible Figure

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I think the bridge of his nose looks a bit different up near the eye's (pre car accident?) and he does look a bit younger. I like it.

You're reaching..

..&, 'eyes' with an apostrophe - really?

 

[Pixelpiper]

 

[anwe]

I'm not a native speaker and I am well known for mixing up my "he, she and it's" (have, has), on occasion numerous times in the same sentence. But I find it funny that so many people that have english as their mother tounge are having real trouble with your/you're their/there and have/of for some reason.

Not Vintij of course since he got it right.

 

[ZE_501]

I'm not a native speaker and I am well known for mixing up my "he, she and it's" (have, has), on occasion numerous times in the same sentence. But I find it funny that so many people that have english as their mother tounge are having real trouble with your/you're their/there and have/of for some reason.

Not Vintij of course since he got it right.

My German girlfriend's written and spoken English is better than many native speakers here in Canada.

 

[Pixelpiper]

In general, apostrophes are used for contractions - the combining of two words replacing the first vowel of the second word. It is, he is, she is, they are become it's, he's, she's, they're. If you ignore any other use and stick to that, you'll be safe 99% of the time.

 

[anwe]

In general, apostrophes are used for contractions - the combining of two words replacing the first vowel of the second word. It is, he is, she is, they are become it's, he's, she's, they're. If you ignore any other use and stick to that, you'll be safe 99% of the time.

I meant that I have trouble using has/have.

I / you / we / they --> have
he / she / it --> has

I can't seem to get it right on a regular basis, I often see that it looks wrong when I have written it and then I can correct it. But not always.

 

[Pixelpiper]

I meant that I have trouble using has/have.

No problem, remedy the situation with apostrophes.

I / you / we / they --> have

I've, you've, we've and they've

Then when you get to the other ones

he / she / it --> has

They won't work as contractions with "have" - he've, she've, it've - so you'll know right away to use "has." Bingo.

 

[TonTon]

Decide, you must (uhh...part two):

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The new one looks less like Sigourney Weaver at least.

 

[Pixelpiper]

The new one looks less like Sigourney Weaver at least.

Only the hair color.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

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---> should've is used fairly commonly though.

..so is should of.. for that matter.

Apostrophes also signify ownership, as in -> Han's / Leia's / Luke's (for those that aren't sure).

Where in the heck the interwebz pronounced it grammatically acceptable to use them to denote a plural.. is inexcusable - & a crime.

Anyway, I wasn't trying to be nasty to Jaymas earlier, it just needed to be commented on.

 

[Wor-Gar]

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That's brilliant.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Yeah, that was a good one PP.

 

[Rambler]

yup, saved the pic for future reference

 

[Jaymas]

I think the bridge of his nose looks a bit different up near the eye's (pre car accident?) and he does look a bit younger. I like it.

You're reaching..

..&, 'eyes' with an apostrophe - really?

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---> should've is used fairly commonly though.

..so is should of.. for that matter.

Apostrophes also signify ownership, as in -> Han's / Leia's / Luke's (for those that aren't sure).

Where in the heck the interwebz pronounced it grammatically acceptable to use them to denote a plural.. is inexcusable - & a crime.

Anyway, I wasn't trying to be nasty to Jaymas earlier, it just needed to be commented on.

...and this is just a small sample of the two forum pages full of comments because of my typo when I accidentally typed "eye's" with an apostrophe instead of "eyes"

Well you can't expect fans of high end 1/6 figures to miss the little details

Anyway we must really need these HT Star Wars figures to start shipping faster because grammar talk is hitting pretty close to the bottom of the barrel here on the forums

Oh and no worries VintijDroidGutzz, I didn't think you were being nasty.

 

[TonTon]

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Where in the heck the interwebz pronounced it grammatically acceptable to use them to denote a plural.. is inexcusable - & a crime.

There are always exceptions.

Singular: PhD
Plural: PhD's

Mind your p's and q's.
List of do's and don't's.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

There are always exceptions.

Singular: PhD
Plural: PhD's

Mind your p's and q's.
List of do's and don't's.

What? No.

 

[TonTon]

Yup. Check out a style guide some time.

But honestly giving people a hard time for grammar is pretty lame anyway. Lots of people on here don't speak English as a first language and that type of thing can be pretty discouraging and alienating to witness even second hand.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Yup. Check out a style guide some time.

Ehh.. no. There's no consensus on that, & it's debatable at best.

But honestly..

Honestly, I already mentioned earlier that I wasn't trying to be nasty to anyone, so move along bunky.

 

[TonTon]

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Where in the heck the interwebz pronounced it grammatically acceptable to use them to denote a plural.. is inexcusable - & a crime.

Ehh.. no. There's no consensus on that, & it's debatable at best.

Not debatable for places like the New York Times and every medical journal that follows AMA style or magazine that follows CMS. Like I said, it's an exception to the rule type thing, but it's perfectly acceptable in those cases.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Languages evolve and grammatical convention can change at the same time. It's why you have people writing stupid crap like "iPhones 6" when talking about two iPhone 6 models. It's why you have the "Jones's" - both are absolutely abhorrent, but more and more common.