Dr. K Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 I know this’is not something most people care about, but please, for the love of ‘God’, YOU DO NOT NEED AN APOS’TRPHY TO MAKE A SINGULAR NOUN PLURAL. IT IS’ ALWAYS WRONG. It's "the Bills" not "the Bill's." The "Patriots," not the "Patriot's." I saw two "dogs" in the street. Not "dog's." I know that this is a common mistake--but it's the fact that it's so common that drive’S me nut’s There are some tricky rule’s for apostrophe’s, and everybody makes mistake’s sometime’s, but THIS IS NOT HARD. Do an old man a favor and learn this simple rule. Your life will be immeasurably better, your s’ex life will improve, and your income will jump by 15%, and the Bill’s will beat the Pat’s. REMEMBER: Possessive pronouns like its, his, hers, ours, whose, theirs, etc. NEVER take an apostrophe. Ever’ ever’ ever. For the love of god, apostrophe’s do not make things plural. 7 5 6 3
Just Jack Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 Man, you author’s are really picky when it come’s to spelingg. ? 4
RiotAct Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 God, yes. A bunch of my facebook friends (or should I say friend’s) do this and it takes all my power to not call then out on it. 4 2
Buffalo Junction Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) If a dog is eating my homework..... MAY I say “the dog’s eating my homework?”?”?”?”? Additionally, does the question mark belong inside or outside of the quotation marks? What are the rules for applying states of being to proper nouns? Edited December 10, 2019 by Buffalo Junction 1
aceman_16 Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, Dr. K said: I know this is not something most people care about, but please, for the love of God, YOU DO NOT NEED AN APOSTROPHE TO MAKE A SINGULAR NOUN PLURAL. IT IS ALWAYS WRONG........ Hello. I am sorry that others' grammar usage is offensive. May I offer some advice? One - try yoga before reading forums. Two - maybe don't read forums. Three - maybe see your primary care physician for medicinal intervention to help with this issue. Good luck with the rest of your life's endeavors. 1
Buffalo Junction Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said: Get a life dude During a grammar rant one would at least hope for some clarity on whether it’s proper to use LAMP or L.A.M.P. ?♂️ 2 2
Dopey Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 Am I going to get smacked with a ruler to the back of my hand today?
Dr. K Posted December 10, 2019 Author Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Dopey said: Am I going to get smacked with a ruler to the back of my hand today? Not if you say three Our Fathers and make a good Act of Contrition. Edited December 10, 2019 by Dr. K
LABILLBACKER Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 You do realize that all new phones have auto correct so when you type Bills it comes up Bill's unless you hit the check. People aren't doing it on purpose. 2
BobChalmers Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, aceman_16 said: Hello. I am sorry that others' grammar usage is offensive. May I offer some advice? One - try yoga before reading forums. Two - maybe don't read forums. Three - maybe see your primary care physician for medicinal intervention to help with this issue. Good luck with the rest of your life's endeavors. Ignorance is no sin - delighting in it is. 2
Dr. K Posted December 10, 2019 Author Posted December 10, 2019 1 minute ago, LABILLBACKER said: You do realize that all new phones have auto correct so when you type Bills it comes up Bill's unless you hit the check. People aren't doing it on purpose. I did not know that. But it's in keeping with my belief that grammar checkers are moronic. 1
Dablitzkrieg Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Dr. K said: I did not know that. But it's in keeping with my belief that grammar checkers are moronic. You do realize the irony of this statement, correct?
JoshAllenHasBigHands Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 This is not the place for that opinion. My writing has to be perfect all day, everyday at work. I come here to not worry about that stuff. I throw around typos like it is my job. 1
Bangarang Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 17 minutes ago, Johnnycage46 said: I can't get these minutes back I think you mean minute’s 3
BobChalmers Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 24 minutes ago, Dr. K said: I know this is not something most people care about, but please, for the love of God, YOU DO NOT NEED AN APOSTROPHE TO MAKE A SINGULAR NOUN PLURAL. IT IS ALWAYS WRONG. It's "the Bills" not "the Bill's." The "Patriots," not the "Patriot's." I saw two "dogs" in the street. Not "dog's." I know that is is a common mistake--but it's the fact that it's so common that drives me nuts. There are some tricky rules for apostrophes, and everybody makes mistakes sometimes, but THIS IS NOT HARD. Do an old man a favor and learn this simple rule. Your life will be immeasurably better, your sex life will improve, and your income will jump by 15%, and the Bills will beat the Pats. REMEMBER: Possessive pronouns like its, his, hers, ours, whose, theirs, etc. NEVER take an apostrophe. Ever ever ever. For the love of god, apostrophes do not make things plural. And to be clear, the other correct use is to make a possessive: The Bills' OL is mediocre, but that's [contraction] much better than before when last season's OL was simply awful. 1
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