Grammar help
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- vespa
Damn this apostrophe.
I'm working on a telly job that involves a talking lamp post. The question that is being asked is "Who voices the lamp post?", where "to voice" is the verb for providing a voice for said lamp post.
I've been asked to change it to "Who voice's the lamp post?" but a verb doesn't need an apostrophe after it does it? like you'd never say "Who swim's the fastest?"
A: Who voices the lamp post?
B: Who voice's the lamp post?
- blaw0
A, without question.
Voice's either means "voice is" or shows possession, neither of which make sense.
- Amen0
B — i are sure 100%...
- thebottlerocket0
A
My take on it is that: Voices is the third person plural. Apostrophes are used for contraction or possesion, this is just verb conjugation? I may well be wrong here...but i usually fail at most things.
- WeLoveNoise0
A
- ian0
A
- johnnnnyh0
A
- johnnnnyh0
this is like ask the audience
- Infirm0
Couldn't it just be in the past tense? as in 'Who voiced the lamp post'?
- paraselene0
tell them they're wrong and to shut up or you'll have their job!
- thebottlerocket0
http://www.scientificpsychic.com…
(Verb)
Infinitive voice
Past:voiced
Present Participle: voicing
Past Participle: voiced
Present:
I voice
You voice
He, She, It voices
We voice
You voice
They voice
- neverblink0
The lamppost is voiced by whom?
Who voiced the lamppost?
Whose voice is used for the lamppost?
Whose voice is the lampposts'?- "Whose voice is the lamp post's" mofo!!!vespa
- er? the lampposts' voiceneverblink
- ah! no you're right :)neverblink
- vespa0
Meh they've had the grammar fear and gone for:
"Which celebrity's voice is used?"
- 23kon0
what about?
"guess which celebrity is in the lamp post and wants to be out of there?"
- ian0
Or
Guess which celebrity is thick as a post?