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To: Larry Lucido

We need an apostrophe non-proliferation treaty or something. They’ve gotten completely out of control, with so many people today automatically placing an apostrophe before the “s” in every plural word. My number one grammar pet peeve.


5 posted on 04/28/2022 12:36:13 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: noiseman

AKA the feral apostrophe.


6 posted on 04/28/2022 2:20:01 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: noiseman

I sometimes do that when typing off an android phone. It seems to want to make me seem more stupid than I was born to be.

The author may have written his article that way.


7 posted on 04/28/2022 2:33:12 AM PDT by Jonty30 (I did not shoot the burglar. I pointed a laser dot on his head and let the cats do the rest. )
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