Wabujitsu
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I know y‘all have seen it. I also know many of you don’t see the mistake. For those who do see it repeatedly, does it drive you a little nuts too?
On one thread it was expressed as a 24” Rubicon on 35” tires. I am STILL trying to figure out what a 24 inch Jeep, with 35 inch tires, is and looks like. The poster was trying to say “ ‘24 Rubicon on 35” tires,” i.e. “2024 Rubicon on 35 inch tires.”
When abbreviating a year, here is how the English language works: you use an apostrophe BEFORE the last two digits of the year. This is an apostrophe: ‘ You use it BEFORE the year because the apostrophe is replacing the first two digits of the year, in the abbreviation. Example: ‘21 for 2021.
This is a quotation mark: “ See the difference? Under NO circumstances do you use a quotation mark to replace letters in an abbreviated word! The same two symbols also represent feet (‘) and inches (“). You use them AFTER the number that indicates how many feet and/or inches, such as: 35” and 6’ - thirty-five inches and six feet. When used as a quotation mark, “ goes at the beginning and end of what someone said, such as: “People, in general, are idiots,“ said Jeff. An apostrophe ‘ can also be used as a quotation mark in certain circumstances, but we better keep this simple, for now.
Long-winded rant is now off.
On one thread it was expressed as a 24” Rubicon on 35” tires. I am STILL trying to figure out what a 24 inch Jeep, with 35 inch tires, is and looks like. The poster was trying to say “ ‘24 Rubicon on 35” tires,” i.e. “2024 Rubicon on 35 inch tires.”
When abbreviating a year, here is how the English language works: you use an apostrophe BEFORE the last two digits of the year. This is an apostrophe: ‘ You use it BEFORE the year because the apostrophe is replacing the first two digits of the year, in the abbreviation. Example: ‘21 for 2021.
This is a quotation mark: “ See the difference? Under NO circumstances do you use a quotation mark to replace letters in an abbreviated word! The same two symbols also represent feet (‘) and inches (“). You use them AFTER the number that indicates how many feet and/or inches, such as: 35” and 6’ - thirty-five inches and six feet. When used as a quotation mark, “ goes at the beginning and end of what someone said, such as: “People, in general, are idiots,“ said Jeff. An apostrophe ‘ can also be used as a quotation mark in certain circumstances, but we better keep this simple, for now.
Long-winded rant is now off.
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