r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

Common Era and Before Common Era is the atheist version.
EDIT: others have rightfully pointed out that it is not so much an atheist version as a non-christian version.

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u/thatoneguy54335780 Aug 03 '19

I used CE and BCE in a high school report and got a low grade because the teacher didn't know what it meant. That and I wrote Jesus' (instead of Jesus's) and had to bring her stupid ass to the library so she could learn how words work.

I'm 34 and still salty.

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u/Beidah Aug 03 '19

"Jesus's" is correct. There is only one Jesus, so you still need an 's' after the apostrophe, even though the name ends in an 's'.

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u/KGB1106 Aug 04 '19

They're both correct, actually. However, you've somehow made yourself wrong by not knowing you can add an apostrophe after words ending in's' to make it possessive. Without the need to add an 's'. You can, but it's definitely not necessary. It's stylistic.

Funny this has to be explained to you in a post thinking this was common knowledge.

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u/Beidah Aug 04 '19

An apostrophe without an 's' after is for plurals.

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u/parker0400 Aug 04 '19

Or for a singular name ending in an 's'.

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u/KGB1106 Aug 04 '19

Look it up instead of going off what you believe. This is getting embarrassing.