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posted by PhoneyVirusSTAFFMOD on January 28, 2013 at 11:25 PM
I'm having some trouble understanding these two movies below has from what I can understand it's the same movie with too different name's. I tried searching "Criminal Ways" using Google and I keep getting The Wannabes, What's up with that? Also Criminal Ways is no where to be found on TheMoviedb and again it keeps picking up The Wannabes (2003), hell the DVD Movie that I have is even saying Criminal Ways on the Cover.
Criminal Ways
Reply by Matthew Sanders
on January 29, 2013 at 10:50 PM
Hey PhoneyVirus. In the United States that movie is called Criminal Ways. In every other region that it was released in it is The Wannabes. On the IMBD page find the line that says: "Also Known As:" and you'll learn more.
Also, in the future if you have a chance to change the name of a movie make sure that you have learned how to use apostrophes appropriately. You also missed a period after your first sentence, making it hard to understand on first read.
If you have some questions in the future about whether or not it is appropriate to use an apostrophe in a given title post it in this forum and we'll tell you yes or no. http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp
Generally, apostrophes are used only when combining two words (a contraction) or when showing possession. A word ending in the letter S is not a good enough reason to add an apostrophe.