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Susimetsa

Susimetsa
Darren and Drew are both correct. The choice between snake's and snakes' depends entirely on the number of snakes referred to, however. I'd wager on multiple of the bastoids, so it would be snakes'.
 

Bikky

Bikky
Here we go again :p

I will pick these stupid titles.

If the writing boy's say that's the case, Mobius, would you mind please?

I was the same with finding things, however I've discovered the same as drew stated with regards to Hornet's, Hornets' and hornets.....
 

Susimetsa

Susimetsa
Bikky said:
If the writing boy's say
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"boys" if you refer to multiple boys. "Boy's" if you want to say that something belongs to a boy (boy's bow) and boys' if you want to say that something belongs to a bunch of boys (boys' mopeds or boys' night out).

Sorry, couldn't resist... :/
 

Bikky

Bikky
lol, ok, you got me there :s

for some reason in text/email/forums etc I find it harder to follow correct grammar than when writing reports or attempting anything "official"

Stoopid Brian... errm brian
 

Frank

Frank
Liqua said:
drew said:
Snakes Nest - Snakes build nests
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That one's funny.

Where I work it's no wonder the majority of people find speaking easier than writing if even the natives get it wrong :)
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But then what if you're looking for that double meaning in the title? A baddie wants to settle down and have a family, and a woman goes into a nasty den of badness looking for a bad boy.

So where should you put the apostrophe in that senario?
 

Susimetsa

Susimetsa
Frank said:
But then what if you're looking for that double meaning in the title? A baddie wants to settle down and have a family, and a woman goes into a nasty den of badness looking for a bad boy.

So where should you put the apostrophe in that senario?
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Drew's point "Snakes nest - snakes build nests" is a similar construction as "snakes eat" (they eat), "snakes hiss" (they hiss) etc.

So, if you want to say that a baddie had built a nest (snake's nest) and married (someone who is not a snake, but a perfectly good human being, so there's still only one snake in the nest) and some other woman enters this snake's nest to take care of the bad buy... Well, the apostrophe would go as indicated.

But, if you believe that badness is hereditary and the bad guy's kids will automatically also be bad, then it turns into a snakes' nest.

:p
 

Bikky

Bikky
but then it wouldn't be right duck... as its a sort of

into the snakes' nest, or a discovering the snakes' nest type of thing.

is that correct? (for mobius to do the cover correctly).
 

Darren Grey

Darren Grey
Bikky said:
but then it wouldn't be right duck... as its a sort of

into the snakes' nest, or a discovering the snakes' nest type of thing.

is that correct? (for mobius to do the cover correctly).
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Yes, you're correct. As I said you could do "A Nest of Snakes" to avoid apostrophe use.
 

Susimetsa

Susimetsa
Now that the grammar issues are taken care of, I must say that I like the cover - very atmospheric despite the fact that there's no atmosphere in sight! ;)
 

Mobius

Mobius
Susimetsa said:
Now that the grammar issues are taken care of, I must say that I like the cover - very atmospheric despite the fact that there's no atmosphere in sight! ;)
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have to say that this cover was difficult to come up with, didn't have much to go on except "pirate ship based from an asteroid field" I went through 4 different covers before I settled on this one. but I do like the end result.
 
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