I hate reading proofs in math that say "...it can be proven that..." or "...it should be apparent that..." without showing any proof of what the hell just happened.

EX: It can be proven that e^pi*i = -1

The inability of Asian businesses to properly translate their products.

I think that all Asian's are in on it and they do it on purpose to see our reaction.

People mixing up id est and exempli gratia.

The man ate an apple; the apple was eaten.

The fire spread rapidly; quickly the fire had spread.

2 + 2 is equal to 4; thus 4 - 2 will be equal to 2.

Can somebody explain 's es and s' to me? I know 's is possesion. Exampe: Rowan's kite. But when do I use the other two?

Is it 'its' or 'it's' and are there exceptions? If yes then post some examples please. Also was it right to use then not than there?

s' is when the name of the thing that possesses it ends with a s. EX: Thomas' cat had a shat; which IMO looks a lot better than Thomas's cat had a shat.
And I think es comes naturally to me so I forget how to use it.

It's a nice day out. It's = It is
There was a bird. Its nest was made of sticks. Its = possession.

Expanding on what deathman said, s' can also be used for plural nouns.

The birds' nest was made of sticks. That implies that there are multiple birds and the nest belongs to all of them.

An exception to the rule, again, is that the only pronoun that uses an apostrophe for possessive is one's.

Well, with my accent, they sound nothing alike.

>_>

I was talking about what poison said in that post. And once again I reiterate that orange has only near rhymes.

Door Hinge is a perfect rhyme in a neutral accent.

Properly speaking, you should say "the data do not support..." instead of "the data does not support..." And thanks to my business stat teacher, I twitch every time I hear data does something.

a datum does something.
data do something.

*head-desk*

Orange does not end with an '-inge' (as in cringe) sound or an '-enge' (as in henge). It ends with an '-ange' sound, as in... orange.

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correct.

Also correct, however, the word "had" is not necessary, since "spread" is in the past tense already.

correct.

If one person owns something: 's
If many people own many things: s'
"The boys' jackets were all colored green." = "The jackets of the many boys were colored green."

It is cold outside. = It's cold outside. Note: this is primarily used for informal writing and speech, formal writing tends to not allow the ' conjunction.

Correct. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Than-and-Then

Exactly.

Also, door hinge is two words >_>

Past perfect? Rings a bell? It all depends on what he was going to say.

Technically, when most people say 'data', they are using it as a mass noun, not a plural noun, so does is correct. You will very, very rarely find someone using it in the plural form. This is because 'data' is usually used to refer to data sets, and information, in which case it is proper to use it as a mass noun.

That is, your business stat teacher is wrong.

Here is an example of then and than, that I do not understand. Go to sleep then. Or would it be: Go to sleep than?

You're not comparing sleep to anything, so "than" would be inappropriate.
"than" is for, "This is more than that", "then" is for, "We go there, then there"; "If you have this, then that" ( thus, since condition x, "then go to sleep" -> "go to sleep then" ) .
God damn, I'm not even making sense anymore. D:

Elaborating on what EzDay said, "I am a better person than you because I can speak proper English," would be correct.