Attention Grammar Nazis!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

I found a site you might like:

http://www.apostropheabuse.com

Looks like a lot of people think that ALL words with an S on the end must be plural, and must need an apostrophe.

:banghead:

[IntravenousDemilo]

1. Bles's you for that.

Funny that one company put apostrophes in "bikinis" and "thongs", but not in "premises" and "coolers".

[On the Road]

2. I Have to Say

the grammar police have gotten very, very specific when apostrophe abuse has its own domain name.

That site is pretty amusing -- it's like Engrish.com for the US!

[moggie]

3. Their just a bunch of looser's!

I recently read World War Z by Max Brooks, and was annoyed to find a number of inappropriate apostrophes (as well as some spelling errors). I know it's not great literature, but how could a reputable publisher let this through?

[sam sarrha]

7. technically their just Narcissistic.. there's medication for that

[redqueen]

22. They're what now?

Is this a joke? With the homophone and the seemingly random capitalization... I'm not sure...

[sam sarrha]

25. fuck off asshole.. F'n petty elitist bullshit.. get a life

[redqueen]

26. Er...

Okay, I'll take that as a no.

[REP]

39. I think someone can't spell, use grammar or punctuation (and it isn't you)

...just a feeling, but I'm a fucking elitist. :hi:

[FormerDittoHead]

30. I liked it alot. n/t

[moggie]

36. Well played, sir! n/t

[crickets]

4. Good one!

?Bob the Angry Flower has a few *ahem* opinions about apostrophes.

[stillrockin]

5. Thank's! Very amusing.

[sam sarrha]

6. it indicates a missing letter/s.. Fuck off spell'n/syntax nazi's.. go to France.!!

[moggie]

10. Then tell us what's missing

Currently, the top three examples on the site are:

2 PAPA BURGER'S
AS SEEN IN THE NEW YOURK TIME'S
Lemon's, tangerine's, kiwi's

What letters are missing from those words?

[sam sarrha]

18. it also indicates possessive.. as in Papa's Burgers

i don't really care... i Have Aspbergers's Syndrome, APS, i have Dyslexia, Discalcula, no concept of Syntax and prone to using inappropriate Synonyms.

i have 2 Spell check programs, 2 Thesauri programs in the computers i built, i own at least 8 dictionaries, 4 thesauri, an electronic spell/thesaurus check pocket device.. i was tested 164 IQ but only Functionally literate.

i really dislike the Spelling Nazis, they are just OCD/Narcissistic/control freaks. just Bullys. at 60 i have worse problems.

[moggie]

19. Don't make psychiatric diagnoses at a distance

You're not qualified for that. Also, let go of that anger: you're supposed to be a Buddhist, remember?

[redqueen]

28. I really wish I'd read this exchange

before responding to that poster upthread.

Sheesh.

[moggie]

42. Personally, I'm crushed

Some guy on the Internet says he has a higher IQ than me. That always wins the argument.

[REP]

40. I'll agree with you.

Yes, you do have worse problems. Being angry at those who can use the language in ways you cannot is very, very sad. I'm sorry for you.

[frogcycle]

8. ahem

I believe you meant "possessive"; not "plural"


:rofl:

[Nay]

9. This particular error is getting more and more common, to my

dismay. I have no idea where this error is coming from, actually. What on earth are these people trying to do? Between this error and the lose/loose error, I find myself grinding my teeth daily. Lose/loose! They sound totally different! How can they possibly be mixed up???

[WillowTree]

12. Yeah, and the breath/breathe thing gets to me big time, too.

[Obamanaut]

14. An eye catcher for me is 'of' in place of 'have', as in "I could of

tried harder." I see that a lot (which is often seen as one word, alot.)

[nc4bo]

17. Phonetic spelling. Could of sounds like could've. Would have/would of

Should've/should of.

Then we have shoulda, coulda and woulda to make things REALLY interesting.

For obvious reasons, I've completely ignored using apostrophes of any kind. :rofl:

[Liquorice]

24. I see the "could of" thing a lot too. It's extremely annoying! nt

[Cirque du So-What]

11. The comma is your friend

Your title could use a comma between 'attention' and 'grammar.'

j/k

Good site. The apostrophe is utterly superfluous in those cases.

[johnaries]

45. Not always! We used to get an automatic F for a comma splice.

It took most of us dang-near forever just to figure out what a comma splice was!

[charlie]

13. It's so common

it doesn't jar my eye much anymore. Which is worrying.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. This one is wrong on so many levels.

tho it does help me to understand ...rapture.

[Mari333]

16. that is so wrong

on so many levels.

[Cresent City Kid]

47. It's the missing apostrophe that gets me

Like when people say, "In Jesus name we pray."

[dysfunctional press]

20. this one doesn't seem all that bad, compared to the other's...

"famous for it's cut tie collection"

being a possessive pronoun, 'its' doesn't require an apostrophe- but if it were a proper noun, like a name- it would. so to me, the mistake doesn't seem as ridiculous on its face as some of the other ones.

[redqueen]

23. That one always jumps out at me.

It's so easy to get right that to me it seems glaring when it's wrong.

[dysfunctional press]

31. but at least it's on the right track- and it's sort of an exception to a rule, re: posessives...

so people who do it are almost half-right, and at least have their minds in the right place, as opposed to those who apostrophize a plural.

[moggie]

43. But "it" is a pronoun

In English, pronouns don't take an apostrophe in the possessive:

This book is hers
That table is ours
The red car is theirs

So, yes, there's an exception: pronouns and nouns are treated differently. But how often do you see someone write "her's"? It happens, but I think it's a lot rarer than "it's".

[dysfunctional press]

44. most other pronouns don't always add an "s" to show possesion, either-

usually only when they're at the end of a sentence, as in your examples.

that's her glass,
that's his glass,
that's their glass,
that's our glass,
that's its glass.

which is probably why it's more common.

[Dr.Phool]

21. More casting of asparagu's.

[madamesilverspurs]

27. In a recent online discussion

about immigration I posted a sentence with there/their/they're each used appropriately.


My favorite freeper responded: your not fooling AnyBody !!! go back to mexico wear yuo belong !!!

[Hutzpa]

29. ahhhh's bles's your hearts' for that

:evilgrin:

[TokenQueer]

32. I can't stand the misuse of then/than.

Pet peeve...

[coalition_unwilling]

34. Fewer\Less confusion drives me

bonkers, bc it bespeaks a sloppiness of thought.

As in, "I have less examples of apostrophe abuse."

[KamaAina]

33. Its about time!

:P

[omega minimo]

35. Long live Grammat Nazi's!

[saltpoint]

37. I nevr did like them goddurn eastrn libruals tellin the rest of us how

to talk.

[Naturyl]

38. Yeah, this error is very annoying.

I'm willing to overlook some errors, but this one is obnoxious.

[myrna minx]

41. "Employees" must wash hands before returning to work.

This was a hand written sign posted in the "Lady's" restroom at a truck top restroom in Austin Minnesota circa 1989.

[johnaries]

46. Whoa! What's with that "God Is Love Church" sign?

Jesus loves you and is waiting for you to come? Maybe they should post that on C-Street!