Just say no to using apostrophes to make plurals. GOD!
NCbear (who just read an entire post that represented all the plurals as plural's--it was confusing as hell and made me doubt my eyesight and ability to read)
- MB (who knows just how NCbear feels)
I completely understand. The use, or rather, improper use of your for you're always jumps out at me. There and their too (as opposed to...to) :smile:
I proofread in my spare time, if I allowed myself to become stressed over bad grammar, I'd have had a meltdown by now!
He feels kinda warm, hairy, and, erm... manly, right?![]()
People using 's are usually people that don't have English as their native language.
My problem is that I am so visual that I tend to imprint on whatever I read. My spelling comes from photographic memory--basically, what I've seen. If I read a lot of text that is riddled with mistakes, I have to use higher-quality text to re-imprint my knowledge of my own language.
Now you know one of the two major reasons I stopped being an English professor.
NCbear (who wonders whether you can guess what the other major reason was--do you think it could have been the salary??)
He feels kinda warm, hairy, and, erm... manly, right?
As for the subject matter of this thread: how else are the grocer's to sell their Brussel's sprout's?![]()