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Germans Decry Influence of English As 'Idiot's Apostrophe' Gets Official Approval
mardi 8 octobre 2024, 04:02 , par Slashdot
The new edition of the Council for German Orthography's style guide, which prescribes grammar use at schools and public bodies in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland, lists 'Eva's Blumenladen' (Eva's Flower Shop) and 'Peter's Taverne' (Peter's Tavern) as usable alternatives, though 'Eva's Brille' ('Eva's glasses') remains incorrect. The Deppenapostroph is not to be confused with the English greengrocer's apostrophe, when an apostrophe before an 's' is mistakenly used to form the plural of a noun ('a kilo of potato's'). The new set of rules came into effect in July, and the council said a loosening of the rules in 1996 meant that 'Rosi's Bar' had strictly speaking not been incorrect for almost three decades. Yet over the past few days, German newspapers and social media networks have seen a pedants' revolt against the loosening of grammar rules. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/07/2250259/germans-decry-influence-of-english-as-idiots-apostr...
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