Posted by Dr. Bob on July 11, 2010, at 0:46:58
In reply to Re: when a person is hurt » ron1953, posted by violette on July 10, 2010, at 19:46:10
> Imo, there is a big difference with being hurt in terms of an apostrophe vs being hurt when someone says something directly about one's character. While its understandable that someone may feel offended or if their beliefs or opinions were knocked down somehow--and this isn't necessarily the case for me--I just see a difference between personal insults/criticism about a PERSON and pesonal insults/criticism about an OBJECT or CONCEPT, such as a medication or how one feels about an apostrophy
I agree, there can be a big difference, but there can be overlap, too. Misuse of apostrophes may be an object/concept, for example, but criticizing it may lead someone who misuses them to feel insulted.
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