Re: [OT] Grammatic gender

[Blöchl Bernhard]

In this example ... Der Vogelsberg, wo's.." the apostrophe makes the 
sentence ambiguous. Grammatically it is correct, however the apostrophe 
can stand for "es" or "das" (non PC). The version "...wos " is not 
correct and not used in correct German.

Regards

Am 17.11.2017 10:48, schrieb Knut Petersen:
> Am 17.11.2017 um 08:55 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:
>
> > The wrong use of an apostrophe in German is called "Deppen-Apostroph" 
> > (Deppostroph?), it shows only that you don’t master your mother 
> > language.
>
> Sometimes an apostrophe completely changes the meaning of a sentence:
>
> "Der Vogelsberg, wo's Vögeln gut geht."   !=  "Der Vogelsberg, wos
> Vögeln gut geht." ;-))
>
> Knut
>
>
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