s@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoSomething we all can agree onmedia.piefed.worldexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1588arrow-down15
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minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·14 days agoApostrophe is possessive. The facts do not possess themselves. When there are a number of them, however, they are just facts, without an apostrophe.
minus-squares@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·14 days ago The poor English is just how the existing meme template is written. The poor English may also be intentional to suggest irony or facetiousness in the meme as a whole. Apostrophes are not exclusively for possessives. In language, they can also indicate a contraction, among other uses. You’re the second person on this post to call out the apostrophe, but neither of you called out the capital F in “Fact’s”.
Apostrophe is possessive. The facts do not possess themselves.
When there are a number of them, however, they are just facts, without an apostrophe.