11.04.2010

Rar 2.

People that misuse apostrophes. 

I keep seeing that more and more often, and I don't know why.  My most recent example is an entry on craigslist (I know, people on that site can't spell worth anything, anyway, but still).

"Two Gerbil's for sale."  Ugh.

4 comments:

  1. Yes! There's plural and then there's possessive or contractions. Grammar is not taught well enough in school. When I taught 5th grade my students had 4 sentences with incorrect grammar to correct every morning.

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  2. That is brilliant, that is exactly how it should be. I can count on one hand the number of grammar lessons I received from elementary - HS!!

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  3. Sentence diagrams! Everyone should do at least one sentence diagram every day. Society would be better for it.

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