Why do we still have so many apostrophes in English?

[Boliviabae]

It takes so much longer to type anything on the phone.

Apostrophe's were originally in place to show two words shortened into one. But the shortened versions of the words have been in the English langauge for so long now, why do we need the apostrophes.

The word 'Dont' for example, is easily understandable, without an apostrophe.

I'll probably die on the hill that is people using 'less' when it should be 'fewer'.

DP does it to wind me up and will probably have it engraved on my tombstone.

Because in other languages possessives are formed differently. El coche de Juan - Juan’s car. La maison de Julie - Julie’s house.

And yet your OP here has a wrongly used apostrophe (they are not needed in a simple plural) and no one jumped.

Other languages have way more complexities than the apostrophe, cases, different structures and use of verbs/masculine, feminine, neutral, vocative, cursive and printed scripts being different, vowels completely absent.

So many moan about ‘are England’ and can’t even spell or construct their own language correctly.

Apostrophes, or more correctly, the apostrophe.

The apostrophe is used for contraction of words, as you say but also for possesion.

E.g. The apostrophe's apostrophe in the OP's sentence was unnecessary.

Christ almighty.

The title of my thread wasn't 'My English is perfect', was it?

My English is definitely not perfect, especially when I am typing on a small keypad on a phone.

Are you trying to hurt me somehow by pointing out my Grammar mistakes.

That's a very strange thing to do!

It’s the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you’re shit.

Now, about Oxford commas…

"Apostrophe's were originally in place to..."

Irony alert 👆
You should learn how to use them properly before you try to ban them 😂😂😂

Again!

That has already been said four times now.

Why did you say it again?

Oh my dear God.

Does anyone read a thread.

No one jumped?

Are you serious?

Did you read the thread. At least five posters have jumped at me about this.

Firmly in the 'no' camp.

Of course.

I love to get grammar and punctuation right - pedant by job and by nature - but I agree with OP, they're a pain when typing on the phone etc. I vote ditch the lot. We cope with loads of other confusing things like tears in your eyes and tears in your clothes, so I expect we'd cope if we'll = well and we're = were.

Because I haven't read the thread. Your post was so beautifully set up for the reply I just couldn't help myself.

A strange thing to be worried about.

Yes they are definitely a pain to type out and I am sure that we could cope without them.

Surely if you have autocorrect the correct version is available without typing it in every time?

Theres no need for apostrophe's. People just use them to make them look more intelligent than other's. The more the better.

Some other languages indicate possession by saying/writing 'the cat of/from my father', whereas we say my father's cat. The apostrophe cuts out quite a few words- time saving!

What about in a passage where the author is trying to convey a sense of colloquial speech?

I'm versu 'im.
e.g.
" 'Im over there!" shouted the boy, trying to confuse his pursuer.
"I'm over there!" shouted the boy, trying to confuse his pursuer.

I accept that the context of the surrounding passage would probably allow the reader to infer which of the two was intended. However, if it appeared in a script or in the lyrics to a song, the correct contraction would be very helpful.

Another one where I want the laugh emoji back for genuine reasons.

Is this a serious question?..

But in both of those there's an apostrophe, it's the placements it that changes the meaning. So the OP wouldn't like either!

@Sminty2
or shall you ?🙂

Me too. I want it to laugh at all the fools who have said the exact same thing as each other.

It's absolutely pathetic.

Stop fucking abusing me over and over for a fucking grammar mistake.

Look at the state of your writing. Do you think your writing is correct English? It certainly isn't.