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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Crowd Sounds

Which one of these is right or better?

The audience ‘oos’ and ‘awes.’

or

The audience ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs.’

And does there have to be a apostrophe before the "S?" Also, it is two "O's" for the first sound, right?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

The audience oohs and aahs. Apostrophes are not needed because there is no possession.

— RandomGuy

  • The audience oohs and aahs.
  • Apostrophes are not needed because there is no possession.
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The audience oohs and aahs.

Apostrophes are not needed because there is no possession.
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Alright, thanks, but it's OK to put the 'oohs' and 'aahs' in single quotation marks for affect and stylistic reasons, right, since it technically is what the audience is saying?
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Snarfit's OK to put the 'oohs' and 'aahs' in single quotation marks for affect and stylistic reasons, right, since it technically is what the audience is saying?
I suppose you could, but I certainly wouldn't: They're verbs. You could rewrite the sentence so that quotation marks are necessary.

"Ooh! Aah!" the crowd exclaims.
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