Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not traditionally correct in German

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Ff8GY

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  • BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    Interesting. In English, I'd say the "idiot's apostrophe" is an apostrophe that's used for a non-possessive, non-contraction 's'.

    E.g., "The Johnson's are going to the mall to buy pizza's."