For the love of God, apostraphe S is only used with the possessive form of nouns (not pronouns) in the English language, or when contracting two words into one. It is NOT used every time you find an S at the end of a word, and certainly NOT with plural words!!
Wrong: "My print's are ready."
Right: "My print's colour is off."
Wrong: "My English has it's bad moments."
Right: "My English has its bad moments."
The last wrong example is actually prominently displayed in a huge professionally printed sign beside the highway I have to drive on to work every day, and it drives me nuts. :P
Well, I'm with you all the way on that, but your "Its" example is different, in that it's not dealing with plurals, but the possessive-sans-apostrophe... It's the exception to the rule you're discussing. I can't offhand think of another exception, though there probably are some.
Well, I'm with you all the way on that, but your "Its" example is different, in that it's not dealing with plurals, but the possessive-sans-apostrophe...
Yeah.. "not pronouns".. I had hoped not to be caught but by saying that, but there you go. :)
My two pet peeves (beside the apostrophe one) are "got" and "loose". The license plate for the state of Pennsylvania reads "You've got a friend in Pennsylvania". No, "You've a friend in Pennsylvania." Got is the past tense of "to get".
I'm going to get a shirt.
I got my shirt. Sadly, the misuse of "got" has become acceptable.
If you misplace something, or can't find it, or don't win the game, you "lose" it. You don't "loose" it. I think this one is primarily a spelling issue, not a misuse issue.
For the love of God, apostraphe S is only used with the possessive form of nouns (not pronouns) in the English language, or when contracting two words into one. It is NOT used every time you find an S at the end of a word, and certainly NOT with plural words!!
Wrong: "My print's are ready."
Right: "My print's colour is off."
Wrong: "My English has it's bad moments."
Right: "My English has its bad moments."
The last wrong example is actually prominently displayed in a huge professionally printed sign beside the highway I have to drive on to work every day, and it drives me nuts. :P
Oh good for you. Do you feel better now? Gotta love the Grammar police.
Oh good for you. Do you feel better now? Gotta love the Grammar police.
You really probably should have a comma after the "Oh", as in "Oh, good for you." "Gotta love the Grammar police" is indeed spelled correctly throughout with the exception of "gotta", which is not a word. Also, grammar need not be capitalized in this use.
OK, someone correct me - I don't think it's "use" in this instance...
For the love of God, apostraphe S is only used with the possessive form of nouns (not pronouns) in the English language, or when contracting two words into one. It is NOT used every time you find an S at the end of a word, and certainly NOT with plural words!!
Wrong: "My print's are ready."
Right: "My print's colour is off."
Wrong: "My English has it's bad moments."
Right: "My English has its bad moments."
The last wrong example is actually prominently displayed in a huge professionally printed sign beside the highway I have to drive on to work every day, and it drives me nuts. :P
Oh good for you. Do you feel better now? Gotta love the Grammar police.
Another product of a lazy, overcrowded public school system are we?
Oh good for you. Do you feel better now? Gotta love the Grammar police.
You really probably should have a comma after the "Oh", as in "Oh, good for you." "Gotta love the Grammar police" is indeed spelled correctly throughout with the exception of "gotta", which is not a word. Also, grammar need not be capitalized in this use.
OK, someone correct me - I don't think it's "use" in this instance...
I think it should read, "Also, grammar need not be capitalized." You need not qualify that statement. :-)
Oh good for you. Do you feel better now? Gotta love the Grammar police.
I wonder why you found that post so offensive? Did it hit a nerve?
I, for one, am happy to read such posts. I might even learn something from them :-)
May I please add something to the list that really should be policed?
My pet hate is :"I would of done that...."
"Would've" stands for "would HAVE", not for "would OF".
You really probably should have a comma after the "Oh", as in "Oh, good for you." "Gotta love the Grammar police" is indeed spelled correctly throughout with the exception of "gotta", which is not a word. Also, grammar need not be capitalized in this use.
OK, someone correct me - I don't think it's "use" in this instance...
Dammit, now I'm confused! Should "its" be "it's", or should it be "its"??? Harrumph!
Sheesh - according to the spell-check feature, I've also been misspelling 'harrumph'... and 'misspelling' too! Grrrr - I'm going to get a beer!
(For the record, my pet peeve is the use of additional pronouns, i.e. - "Did you get you some supper" or "I gotta get me some of them new thangs")
Yes, there are people that actually speak that way & it rubs me entirely the wrong way - exspeciale when i gots to coorekt my yungins ever day!
... "I gotta get me some of them new thangs")
Yes, there are people that actually speak that way & it rubs me entirely the wrong way - exspeciale when i gots to coorekt my yungins ever day!
That is all....
I believe that would be, "I gotta get me some the them there new thangs." :P
My two pet peeves (beside the apostrophe one) are "got" and "loose". The license plate for the state of Pennsylvania reads "You've got a friend in Pennsylvania". No, "You've a friend in Pennsylvania." Got is the past tense of "to get".
I'm going to get a shirt.
I got my shirt. Sadly, the misuse of "got" has become acceptable.
This license plate, which has not been in use for several years, was based on the song "You've Got a Friend." The creators were well aware that it was not grammatically correct.
Originally posted by Melethia:
If you misplace something, or can't find it, or don't win the game, you "lose" it. You don't "loose" it. I think this one is primarily a spelling issue, not a misuse issue.
