grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 24, 2014 11:44:52 GMT
I'm feeling cantankerous that whoever wrote "Thursdays" on a business related image that is broadcast to the public was stupid enough to write "Thursday's" as in "Technical Thursdays". Seriously. Why is the whole apostrophe makes it possesive not plural thing so damned hard to comprehend. Argh! Now I feel stabby (as someone wrote on the FB thread) and want to track down the moron and smack them. For the record, plural words CAN have an apostrophe... but it comes AFTER the s. Just for the sake of full disclosure. Grrrr...
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Post by magentapea on Jul 24, 2014 11:50:53 GMT
I agree! That and certain misspellings drive me bonker's (just kidding. I know it's bonkers.)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 11:54:03 GMT
I hate bad grammar and sloppy spelling! For the record, I post exclusively from my phone and autocorrect hates me.
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Post by MommyofTriplets on Jul 24, 2014 11:54:40 GMT
That one makes me bonkers too and it seems like it's everywhere.
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Post by momofkandn on Jul 24, 2014 11:57:34 GMT
That one definitely bugs me. Especially in professional publications of any kind. I don't care about spelling and grammar on social media or message boards like this one. But newspapers, magazines, ads, etc., I expect it to be right.
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Post by jloubier on Jul 24, 2014 12:13:08 GMT
It drives me crazy as well. I see it everywhere. There is a local hairdresser that has "Walk In's Welcome" on her business sign. I've often thought of walking in and asking her if she knows of the mistake. It also makes me wonder about the people who make these professional signs. Don't they know how to spell ? Don't even get me started on "your" and "you're". English isn't even my mother tongue and I can easily tell the difference.
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Post by Dixie Lou on Jul 24, 2014 12:14:45 GMT
That drives me crazy too. At my SCHOOL (for heaven's sake!) there was once a sign on the cafeteria door that said "Quite Day" because it was a big, major state testing day. There's no talking in the cafeteria on those days. I was the new kid in town (new teacher) but had to go say something. Our sweet, wonderful secretary isn't a native English speaker and was very glad I told her.
I just hate stuff like that!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 12:16:01 GMT
Yep, drives me crazy too. A friend made a plaque for us when we got married and it had an apostrophe s at the end of our name. That and their, there and they're.
Ann
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Post by Kelpea on Jul 24, 2014 12:16:00 GMT
For the love of God, If you have your cute little sign with your last name on it in your yard, DON'T use an apostrophe! It shows possession, and you're not showing possession when you have a sign in your yard with your name on it...smh.
Incorrect: The Brown's Correct: The Browns
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grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 24, 2014 12:20:12 GMT
I'm so glad I am not alone in this. I'm having a hard time with resisting the urge to get up and track down the person who did this instead of sitting at my desk and doing my time sensitive work. Grrr....
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 24, 2014 12:20:51 GMT
If I may join in on the grammar police's bandwagon (see that? correct usage of an apostrophe .) For all that is holy, it is "I saw" or "I have seen" NOT "I seen." No, you didn't seen. You saw. I hear and see this one all the time and I want to scream out to the heavens "NO NO NO."
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grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 24, 2014 12:23:52 GMT
ME TOO! I find I'm getting crankier and crankier about this sort of thing.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jul 24, 2014 12:24:47 GMT
As an English major, I weep daily.
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Post by DinCA on Jul 24, 2014 12:27:03 GMT
I have to admit it bugs me, too.
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Post by I-95 on Jul 24, 2014 12:40:52 GMT
There, there, it will be alright. Really, I understand. Take a deep breath and say a few curse words and you'll feel soooooo much better. It's just wrong of people to upset us like that isn't it? Maybe a little wine would help....
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Dalai Mama
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Jun 26, 2014 0:31:31 GMT
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jul 24, 2014 12:46:40 GMT
You're and your tend to be brought up a lot. But I find the it's/its and who's/whose mistakes commonly overlooked.
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akathy
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Post by akathy on Jul 24, 2014 13:02:46 GMT
Bad grammar grates on my nerves too. Just the other day though I posted a reply with apostrophes where they shouldn't be but it was an autocorrect thing and I didn't feel like going back and changing it
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Post by grammyj64 on Jul 24, 2014 13:14:00 GMT
Preach it, sister. I'm in the pew shouting "Amen!" (when I'm not banging on the pulpit myself)
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LazyDaisy
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Jun 26, 2014 3:54:11 GMT
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Post by LazyDaisy on Jul 24, 2014 13:14:00 GMT
The misused apostrophe is my [HASH]1 grammar peeve. Ugh! Like the OP mentioned, it makes me feel "stabby" as well.
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Post by Kymberlee on Jul 24, 2014 13:15:15 GMT
I don't care if it is social media or not, there are some basic rules of grammar that just need to be followed. You look ignorant and uneducated when you can't use your/you're, too/to/two, etc…in the right context.
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 24, 2014 13:15:45 GMT
Yes, this one makes me feel "stabby" (lol) too. There's a family in my neighborhood who recently had a new driveway put in and the middle schooler wrote in the concrete (with permission) "The Smith's" (not their real name). Every time I walk by there I feel like asking "your what? did you leave off a word like 'driveway' or 'house'?" I have another friend, one who really ought to know better (lots of education, well-read, etc.) who ALWAYS posts photos on Facebook from family vacations, that say: "look at all the Smith's" [again, not their real name] or "lots of Smith's at the beach this year". She does this every single time so I know it's not merely a typo, it's that she doesn't know the difference. ugh. Another very common one is when someone says "the 70's were good years" or something like that. It's only correct if you want to talk about something that happened in the year 1970 -- for example, "1970's weather was particularly bad" (although I wouldn't phrase it quite like that). But if you're talking about all the years of the decade 1970-1979 then it's just "the 70s". Yeah.. former editor, and English teacher here. I can't help it.
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grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 24, 2014 13:20:04 GMT
You all must know how less stabby I feel to know that I am not alone. I still want to smack the schmuck, but I feel less alone.
Does anyone else follow Grammarly on Facebook? Love them.
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 24, 2014 13:22:54 GMT
{searching now for Grammarly on Facebook}
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 24, 2014 13:24:10 GMT
The unnecessary apostrophe makes me cantankerous, too! Our CEO does it all the time.
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jul 24, 2014 13:27:54 GMT
This one should make your head explode:
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jul 24, 2014 13:34:52 GMT
I'm an offender! It's not that I am not aware of the "rule", but I absolutely find when I go back to proof my writing extraneous apostrophes litter my plurals. Now why people don't proof their signs before printing is a whole different question. I've always thought it odd though that when I'm in that mindless fast typing mode, I'd put something extra in-especially as I catch them immediately when reading.
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grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 24, 2014 13:36:18 GMT
This one should make your head explode: BOOM!
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Post by Merge on Jul 24, 2014 14:01:37 GMT
Yep, drives me crazy too. A friend made a plaque for us when we got married and it had an apostrophe s at the end of our name. That and their, there and they're. Ann My grandmother crocheted our name (hard to explain - it's a crochet rectangle with our name as part of the design) with an apostrophe at the end, and had it professionally mounted and framed for a wedding gift . My husband and I were both like . But it's still hanging on the wall 18 years later, because, well, Grandma.
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Post by MommyofTriplets on Jul 24, 2014 14:12:05 GMT
This one should make your head explode: ACK!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by miss_lizzie on Jul 24, 2014 14:24:57 GMT
If an errant apostrophe is on a dry erase board (such as in a store or restaurant), I have been known to erase it.
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