Apostrophe/possessive jokes

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Person A misuses an apostrophe: "My favourite picture's"
Person B points it out: "Your favourite picture's what? Is your favourite picture missing something?"

Funny? Not funny? Is person B an asshole?

I think jokes like these are funny, but I refrain cause some people get offended by them. what do you think?
 
I like them and I make them when possible. I'm also totally cool with people giving me shit whenever I type something incorrectly, and I do it fairly often in chat settings, so it's all good.
 
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I took "Possessive" jokes in an entirely different meaning. XD

To answer the question though, I'm not offended or laughing at it.
Granted, I don't get offended by anything so that's a bit irrelevant.

I'm just confused/don't get the joke.
He said pictures in plural. Implying multiple favourites.
Does the addition of a ' suddenly imply something more that I'm missing? o.O
 
Gwazi Magnum said:
I took "Possessive" jokes in an entirely different meaning. XD

To answer the question though, I'm not offended or laughing at it.
Granted, I don't get offended by anything so that's a bit irrelevant.

I'm just confused/don't get the joke.
He said pictures in plural. Implying multiple favourites.
Does the addition of a ' suddenly imply something more that I'm missing? o.O
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Yes. The word pictures would mean more than one picture. The word picture's would either refer to something belonging to the picture (the picture's contents, for example) or possibly a lazy contraction of 'picture is' (the picture's ugly = the picture is ugly). According to grammar rules, adding an apostrophe means the word is now a possessive noun or a contraction, not just plural. That's how apostrophes work.
 
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Ah.

Thanks for that.
Now I can speak Engrish slightly more goodly. :3
 
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Somehow this got into a comma discussion

I'm ok with it
 
This thread requires Captain Kirk, the master of commas and pauses.
 
He was actually instructed to speak that way; supposed to sound more dramatic

I love ST:TOS, the whole thing is so deliciously cheesy that I don't think his acting really stood out that much to me :P
 
But, his, constant... pausing, is, so, humorous!
 
I know it's irrelevant to the thread.

But I after these post's this was the first thing which came to mind. Its just crazy.
But I after these posts this was the first thing which came to mind. It's just crazy.
 
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