Posted on 12/30/2008 10:02:49 AM PST by Uncle Miltie
I apologize for the shameless vanity, but I'm going to propose a thread for today: Your pet peeves about others' grammar on FR.
I'm not innocent. But, can we please use apostrophes for possessives and not use apostrophes for plurals?
Please chime in with your pet peeves.
Possessive Example:
Correct: My dog's bone is in the yard.
Incorrect: My dogs bone is in the yard.
Plural Example:
Correct: My dogs are in the yard.
Incorrect: My dog's are in the yard.
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The language is in the toilet. On my cell phone World Clock, Phoenix is spelled ‘Phenix.’
I received a few Christmas cards that were beautifully embossed/printed like this:
From the Smith’s
Happy Holidays from the Jensen’s
If I typo however, and catch it, I like to correct my own.
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Hey, you verbified ‘typo’. Oh, Wait.....
went missing
Verbified schmerbified :)...oh,wait,nah,tis 09!
:)
My dog’s dead.
She had kidney failure
Windigo de Makati, born in Makati Republic of the Philippines of registered Australian Kennel Club parents.
Windy was a wonderful blond Labrador Retriever that would joyously plunge into icy water to receive q downed duck.
I dont have any pet peeve’s.
How about the real thing, "would have" or "could have".
Spellcheck betrayals like "rouge" nation for "rogue" nation.
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