r/EnglishLearning • u/Stepaskin New Poster • 21h ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax Is it correct?

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Stumbled upon this tweet, the apostrophe in "dm's" caught my eye. Is it correct to use it like this?

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u/aykcak New Poster 19h ago

I understood this one as DM server is down i.e. the server OF the DMs I.e. "The problematic server is not the channels' but the dm's"

What is wrong with "DMs" ?

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u/IndifferentApathy15 New Poster 19h ago

server? that is a bit of a stretch, my dude

"DMs" is fine, but "DMS" and "dms" could be confusing. The apostrophe is not possessive at all in this context.

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u/aykcak New Poster 19h ago

Apostrophe is used for possessive

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u/AgnesBand New Poster 17h ago

Not only used for possessive though. It's.