http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/02/national-grammar-day-cast-your-votes-now/ A blog about spelling, punctuation and grammar Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/02/national-grammar-day-cast-your-votes-now/comment-page-1/#comment-516 James Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:49:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=154#comment-516 What's wrong with Tue's and Thur's? Apostrophes can be used to denote missing letters, which it is doing here to abbreviate Tuesdays and Thursdays. The obvious alternative, Tues and Thurs would be misleading since these are commonly used as abbreviations for Tuesday and Thursday in the singular. The sign clearly implies that sign up is available on all Tuesdays and Thursdays, and unless they meant to say otherwise, the sign does this clearly. Hardly catastrophic! What’s wrong with Tue’s and Thur’s? Apostrophes can be used to denote missing letters, which it is doing here to abbreviate Tuesdays and Thursdays. The obvious alternative, Tues and Thurs would be misleading since these are commonly used as abbreviations for Tuesday and Thursday in the singular. The sign clearly implies that sign up is available on all Tuesdays and Thursdays, and unless they meant to say otherwise, the sign does this clearly. Hardly catastrophic!

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/02/national-grammar-day-cast-your-votes-now/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Elisabeth Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:58:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=154#comment-514 I voted for Tue's and Thur's. But I live in a town with a Wendy's that offers a "Fresh Katch of the Day" and "Low Weekley Rates." I voted for Tue’s and Thur’s. But I live in a town with a Wendy’s that offers a “Fresh Katch of the Day” and “Low Weekley Rates.”

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