Comments on: Photos – no apostophe http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2007/10/photos-no-apostophe/ Sun, 20 May 2012 23:33:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tashword http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2007/10/photos-no-apostophe/comment-page-1/#comment-98267 tashword Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:41:49 +0000 http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2007/10/photos-no-apostophe/#comment-98267 Hi Keith, I agree that the apostrophe in photo's could be said to represent the missing letters from photographs, but as people use the word photo and make it plural as photo's the apostrophe is generally misplaced. Thanks for adding your comment and sharing your knowledge of grammar :) Hi Keith,

I agree that the apostrophe in photo’s could be said to represent the missing letters from photographs, but as people use the word photo and make it plural as photo’s the apostrophe is generally misplaced.

Thanks for adding your comment and sharing your knowledge of grammar :)

]]> By: Keith http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2007/10/photos-no-apostophe/comment-page-1/#comment-950 Keith Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:57:43 +0000 http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2007/10/photos-no-apostophe/#comment-950 Hi, it is quite correct for the word photo's to be written using an apostrophe. This is not an apostrophe used to denote possession but indicates omission. Photo's is a shortening of the word photographs. The word photograph means light (photo) - drawing (graph) therefore to use the word photos without the apostrophe literally means 'lights'. The omission apostrophe used in a similar circumstance would be gov't for government. Having said all that, it is unlikely that most people would be using the ' in photo's for the correct reason and in modern english usage photos has become commonly acceptable. Regards, Keith Hi, it is quite correct for the word photo’s to be written using an apostrophe. This is not an apostrophe used to denote possession but indicates omission. Photo’s is a shortening of the word photographs. The word photograph means light (photo) – drawing (graph) therefore to use the word photos without the apostrophe literally means ‘lights’. The omission apostrophe used in a similar circumstance would be gov’t for government.

Having said all that, it is unlikely that most people would be using the ‘ in photo’s for the correct reason and in modern english usage photos has become commonly acceptable.

Regards,
Keith

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