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"Tony Spadaro" wrote in message
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Be more fun if he was holding a Nikon.

You could always just write "Nikon" accross his chin...

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"Tony Spadaro" wrote in message
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One should point out punctuation to people who think that owning a
4x5
camera makes them a pro (or should that be "makes them prose"?).
I'm never in a bad mood when that moron John Douglas shows up -
It's
fun
to have an airbag or two to puncture.
Can't say the same about Browne though - some airbags just emanate
noxious gas, and he is one of that group.

OK... So you didn't go for the little keyboard gizmo...
How about this:
I've got this great punching bag in my garage.
The best thing about it is that it's not just a bag...it looks like a
person
from teh waist--up.
So... You can beat the crap out of anyone you imagine him to be!
Best of all, he looks like a real thug in need of a nice beating.
Does wonders for when irritating people get out of hand...

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"Alan Browne" wrote in message
.. .
Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros
don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."

... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is
usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say.

Tony was just in a bad mood.

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.darkroompro.com
Please remove the "_" when replying via email

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:49:37 GMT, "William Graham"
wrote:

Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless
you're
showing posession...
It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it.

I think that he's saying that the, " ' " = "fessional", so instead of
saying, "professionals" he says, "pro's".

Yeah that was a little too complex for Spew-daro.

So what do you think of Peroutka or do you ?


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.darkroompro.com
Please remove the "_" when replying via email

John wrote:
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put an apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.


Here. this might make it easier all around. A pro's prose.

http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
--


Frank ess

"John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

How about plural possessive......as in something belonging to a group? Like,
the peoples' clothes?

That's all right John still has never found the eally appropriate place for
his talent as Bedlam and Maudlin have been closed.

--
http://www.chapelhillnoir.com
home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto
The Improved Links Pages are at
http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html
A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at
http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html
"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

"William Graham" wrote in message
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"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

How about plural possessive......as in something belonging to a group?
Like,
the peoples' clothes?

But that's consistent with what I'm saying in that the apostrophe does not
indicate a plural.
It indicates posession.
An apostrophe never indicates a plural.

"Mark M" wrote in message
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"William Graham" wrote in message
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"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D

wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros
don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the
last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

How about plural possessive......as in something belonging to a group?
Like,
the peoples' clothes?

But that's consistent with what I'm saying in that the apostrophe does not
indicate a plural.
It indicates posession.
An apostrophe never indicates a plural.



OK....So you could say, "the pros' cameras", but you would put the
apostrophe after the s.

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"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D

wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros
don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the
last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

How about plural possessive......as in something belonging to a group?
Like,
the peoples' clothes?

But that's consistent with what I'm saying in that the apostrophe does
not
indicate a plural.
It indicates posession.
An apostrophe never indicates a plural.



OK....So you could say, "the pros' cameras", but you would put the
apostrophe after the s.

Now you're talkin'!