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This isn't a rule, its just something worth knowing if you speak or write english(lemmy.ml)

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7heo@lemmy.ml
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Catastrophe’s*

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andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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Why?

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7heo@lemmy.ml
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That’s a joke, because that’s the way people make mistakes with apostrophes all the time.

The correct spelling is indeed “catastrophes”, but a lot of people would spell it “catastrophe’s” (which technically means “the […] of catastrophe”).

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4thDimensionDuck@programming.dev
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Why did catasthropie hoard all our apostrophies?

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