Either I’m growing more eccentric (possible!) or there’s been a rise in the misuse of apostrophes in our society. There’s a thing going around where anytime you want to pluralize a word, you add an apostrophe and ‘s’ to the end. Examples:
I’ll have two taco’s.
Look into the pro’s and con’s of that.
Animal Planet is showing a special on beaver’s.
This is the opposite of correct, though I won’t point it out to you directly.
You are right!
Have we all forgotten how to use contractions, plurals, and possessive nouns?
Another one that is misused quite a bit: “your” when “you’re” is indicated.
Okay…held that to a teeny tirade.
You are right! Have we all forgotten how to use contractions, plurals, and possessive nouns? Another one that is misused quite a bit: “your” when “you’re” is indicated. Okay…held that to a teeny tirade.
Amen and amen.
My other favorite goof is the inappropriate use of quotation mark’s. I saw a blog recently dedicated to this subject. People take picture’s of sign’s with inappropriate quote’s and email them in.
Amen and amen. My other favorite goof is the inappropriate use of quotation mark’s. I saw a blog recently dedicated to this subject. People take picture’s of sign’s with inappropriate quote’s and email them in.
Yeah, I’ve seen quotes used in lieu of bold or underline.
Employees Must “Wash” Hands Before Returning to Work
Yeah, I’ve seen quotes used in lieu of bold or underline. Employees Must “Wash” Hands Before Returning to Work
Yes, I have to agree with Mischele. The inappropriate use of “their and “they’re” and “there” *really* drives me insane! It seems to be very common these days.