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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yikes! A school calls a class "language art's"????? 
Does nobody know how to use apostrophes any more? |
Hi all,
just
had to comment on this! The answer to your quiestion, HarryT, is (i's?) "no."
I have seen:
pair of pant's,
shoe's, and most recently,
xma's.
The sole function of an apostrophe nowadays is to warn the reader that an "s" is coming. Or so it would seem.
For me, "classic" need not necessarily be a work that has been in print for a specified time. A classic is one that will be read and enjoyed by generations.
A bit like Paul McCartney's
Yesterday - it will be regarded as a classic piece of music in years to come.
I'd accept Herbert's
Dune as a classic, though it is the only decent thing of his that I have read.
I like
Moby Dick as something that will persist for many years;
Time Machine by Wells should perhaps get a mention, though I feel
Invisible Man might be somewhat more worthy; T. H. White's
The Once and Future King is worth considering.
No doubt though that writers like Dostoyevsky, Hemmingway, Shelly, Conrad, Hugo, and other famous names mentioned already (and will be mentioned further in this thread) are worthy contenders, though some I have yet to read.
LOTR and others that have a similar "hero's journey" storyline will be around for some time because of the extensive appeal of the story structure and perhaps LOTR deserves consideration above other contenders in this context.
War and Peace (Tolstoy) hasn't got a mention yet, but I'm sure it will.
Don't know which I'd go for, but I'd be loathe to knock out
Moby Dick. Or
Dune. Or...
Cheers,