Apostrophe's?
Annie and I went out for breakfast Saturday morning at a new place called Freddie's Fifties Diner.We hadn't been there before and wanted to see if it was any good. You have to understand that Annie is a journalist,my Dad is a journalist, my son is an English teacher, and so grammar is way more important than is necessary for human existence. Anyway, back to the diner. We opened our menu and I winced.The first thing I saw was the word 'breakfast's' spelled like that, with an apostrophe. And the word 'menu's'. And '50's', as in the decade, 1950s. Annie was not impressed.People seem to have forgotten how to use apostrophes properly. Now I know I make all kinds of grammar errors and spelling errors too,and I even had to look up how to spell apostrophe, but it jumps out at me when people use apostrophes every time there's an 's', just in case.What common mistake in grammar or spelling bugs you?
posted by Judy at 8:56 PM
4 Comments:
Nothing bother's me.
My pet peeve is inappropriate "verbing" or "gerunding" e.g. instead of saying "providing incentive", "incentiviz(s?)ing" is becoming common.
Here is my contribution: suppose you were using your varied talents like decorating, art, cooking, conversation, caring - you would say, "I am Judying my way to the top."
A mistake I've made once or twice is to say "a whole nother" instead of "another whole." Since then, I've noticed quite a few other people making the same mistake. I don't dare get bothered by it. One word that bothers me is "snuck." I think it's recently become legit, but I would really rather read "sneaked."
Oh mom, I forgot to tell you. In my most recent article, I wrote '80s, and then the editors changed it to 80's for print! Bah!
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