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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 4, 2024 19:36:00 GMT -5
I never heard an answer on that, but it’s been that way for a long time. Also the batting helmet NY looks slightly different from the cap or jersey. Now I've got something else to obsess about. Speaking of batting helmets...what does everyone think of the matte finish on "visitors" helmets? I like it...I like it a lot. I like the matte look. It seems more refined than the shiny finish. |
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Post by inger on Apr 4, 2024 19:44:43 GMT -5
I see the apostrophe in the A’s logo as an indication of it’s abbreviation . I’m always amused to see “sign’s” with a plural word with the additional apostrophe. They’re so numerous. The rule isn’t all that confusing, but it does show that either our education system has a massive failure of the human IQ is somewhere below the perceived 100 IQ…
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Post by kaybli on Apr 4, 2024 19:53:25 GMT -5
Works for me 😄. Sacramento is a short 2 hour drive from Reno. lol. Looks like the A's got at least one new fan. |
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Post by inger on Apr 4, 2024 19:57:52 GMT -5
Works for me 😄. Sacramento is a short 2 hour drive from Reno. lol. Looks like the A's got at least one new fan. Season attendance projected to be 500,001… |
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Post by stefanie on Apr 4, 2024 20:57:40 GMT -5
Just for the record, I’m a die hard Yankees fan. Now I don’t have to go all the way to Oakland to see my Yankees for the foreseeable future 😄
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Post by kaybli on Apr 4, 2024 20:59:47 GMT -5
Just for the record, I’m a die hard Yankees fan. Now I don’t have to go all the way to Oakland to see my Yankees for the foreseeable future 😄  Just teasin. I didn't doubt your Yankee fandom for a second. |
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Post by Renfield on Apr 4, 2024 21:42:17 GMT -5
Never thought about it, but you're right. It's not the Yankee's, or Pirate's ... Hah, yes, same grammatical principle. There is a widespread misconception that any word ending in "s" needs an apostrophe in front of it. I'm going to speak up for the much maligned apostrophe and think it's appropriate when used wit acronyms or numbers. More esthetics and clarification than grammar. The "As" (or maybe "Aes") just doesn't work. Neither would a pair of 3s or 3es in cards. 3's does work. So, that's my defense of the lowly apostrophe to designate a plural. It is appropriate, clear and esthetically pleasing. My wife vehemently disagrees with me, but she also thinks "irregardless" is redundant and is not a word. Damn English major. What do they know. |
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Post by inger on Apr 4, 2024 21:57:28 GMT -5
Hah, yes, same grammatical principle. There is a widespread misconception that any word ending in "s" needs an apostrophe in front of it. I'm going to speak up for the much maligned apostrophe and think it's appropriate when used wit acronyms or numbers. More esthetics and clarification than grammar. The "As" (or maybe "Aes") just doesn't work. Neither would a pair of 3s or 3es in cards. 3's does work. So, that's my defense of the lowly apostrophe to designate a plural. It is appropriate, clear and esthetically pleasing. My wife vehemently disagrees with me, but she also thinks "irregardless" is redundant and is not a word. Damn English major. What do they know. You have my okay’s… 🤓approval’s too… |
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Post by mattski on Apr 5, 2024 3:55:10 GMT -5
Apostrophes are/were used when abbreviating a word.
e.g. something probably everyone heard as a threat from a parent when they were a kid like “wait ‘til (until) your father/mother gets home.”
In the case of the apostrophe in A’s it’s simply an abbreviation of Athletics.
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Post by mattski on Apr 5, 2024 4:16:33 GMT -5
Just to add to the previous post
Yank’s, as an abbreviation of Yankees, is grammatically correct
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Post by kaybli on Apr 5, 2024 4:48:25 GMT -5
Just to add to the previous post Yank’s, as an abbreviation of Yankees, is grammatically correct Welcome to the board, Matt!
It's funny that the grammar post is the one that brought you out of lurking.  |
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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 5, 2024 5:33:20 GMT -5
Just to add to the previous post Yank’s, as an abbreviation of Yankees, is grammatically correct I am admittedly not a grammarian, but it seems to me that writing "the Yanks beat the Nats" is preferable to "the Yank's beat the Nat's." Or "Ford is the Yanks' (possessive) winningest pitcher" rather than "Ford is the Yank's winningest pitcher." And let me add my welcome to the board. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 5, 2024 5:41:23 GMT -5
Hah, yes, same grammatical principle. There is a widespread misconception that any word ending in "s" needs an apostrophe in front of it. I'm going to speak up for the much maligned apostrophe and think it's appropriate when used wit acronyms or numbers. More esthetics and clarification than grammar. The "As" (or maybe "Aes") just doesn't work. Neither would a pair of 3s or 3es in cards. 3's does work. So, that's my defense of the lowly apostrophe to designate a plural. It is appropriate, clear and esthetically pleasing. My wife vehemently disagrees with me, but she also thinks "irregardless" is redundant and is not a word. Damn English major. What do they know. Hi Ren -- I concur on aesthetic grounds when it comes to A's. Although the team itself avoided the issue by having the singular "A" on the uniform until 1970, perhaps hoping to avoid splitting the fanbase on this critical issue. So where does your wife come down on flammable versus inflammable? |
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Post by Renfield on Apr 5, 2024 6:17:24 GMT -5
I'm going to speak up for the much maligned apostrophe and think it's appropriate when used wit acronyms or numbers. More esthetics and clarification than grammar. The "As" (or maybe "Aes") just doesn't work. Neither would a pair of 3s or 3es in cards. 3's does work. So, that's my defense of the lowly apostrophe to designate a plural. It is appropriate, clear and esthetically pleasing. My wife vehemently disagrees with me, but she also thinks "irregardless" is redundant and is not a word. Damn English major. What do they know. Hi Ren -- I concur on aesthetic grounds when it comes to A's. Although the team itself avoided the issue by having the singular "A" on the uniform until 1970, perhaps hoping to avoid splitting the fanbase on this critical issue. So where does your wife come down on flammable versus inflammable? The very argument I make when she says the word "irregardless" doesn't exist. And that's where I have her, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt and with geometric logic that such a word does exist... |
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Post by mattski on Apr 5, 2024 7:11:33 GMT -5
Just to add to the previous post Yank’s, as an abbreviation of Yankees, is grammatically correct Welcome to the board, Matt!
It's funny that the grammar post is the one that brought you out of lurking. |
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Just teasin. I didn't doubt your Yankee fandom for a second.
