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(13,832 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)pampango
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(52,426 posts)ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)Not a day goes by that I don't see possessives used here improperly in multiple posts. Everything that ends in an 's' doesn't need an apostrophe ie: "issue's". Sometimes it does. Many times it does not. And when possessives are improperly used, we look and sound really stupid. Learn basic English grammar. DUers need to learn what possessives are, when they are used.
ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)I see it too, but i just say "oh, well".
ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)because it doesn't make sense. But yea you're right. Expecting people to have learned basic English grammer by the time they're posting on DU is probably expecting too much.
EOTE
(13,409 posts)This correction brought to you by your local spelling Nazi.
babylonsister
(171,056 posts)geardaddy
(24,926 posts)You must mean "yeah."
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)Apparently Teabagger Oriented Spelling isn't a bannable offense.
Yet.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Just saying, you're not alone. Inability to pluralize nouns ending in 'Y' also drives me nuts.
Can't help it, I'm just a word-head.
ananda
(28,858 posts)You can't "believe in global warming."
It just is what it is... the truth... a fact.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)(rather than incubators, servants or T&A on legs).
jimlup
(7,968 posts)Thanks