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Unnecessary apostrophe is unnecessary.
by hung 15y ago
Unnecessary apostrophe is unnecessary.
- katieben 15y agoGrammar offender captured! (: http://pluralizeit.com http://pluralizeit.com
- hammock 15y agoDepending on which style book you are using, an apostrophe can be acceptable when pluralizing an acronym or number, e.g. the 1990's. My preference is to omit the apostrophe. Another possibility is that it's a contraction for "VC has," referring to the entire category of venture capital. This is less likely given that it destroys the parallel structure.
- Symmetry 15y agoUnnecessary... but not meaningless. It changes the cadence of the title in a way that doesn't alter the denotation, but does shift some connotations a bit. EDIT: Oops, somehow I misread apostrophe as comma.
- divtxt 15y agoNecessary and meaningful, and wrong in this case. - "VCs Got It Wrong" means: many (plural) VCs got something wrong - "VC's Got It Wrong" means: a "Got It Wrong" that belongs to a VC