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Cats are a social media invasive species. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 3 months ago by linearchaos to c/showerthoughts
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Cats, and apparently capybaras are an invasive species on social media. I don't hate them or anything but they show up everywhere in places they have new business being.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There have been quite a few cute capybaras on the internet lately, still fewer than cats.

Btw, the only time to use an apostrophe for a plural is for the plural of a lowercase letter:

Strawberry is spelled with 3 r's.

That's because otherwise it's too confusing, especially in a case like:

Individual is spelled with 3 i's.

where is would look like the word is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah shoot, my language (Dutch) always uses an apostrophe for +s plurals if it ends on a vowel (telefoon > telefoons, but auto > auto's)

I've noticed I use those apostrophes too often in English, maybe because of this.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I learned something interesting about Dutch today, thanks!