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Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:09 am to Evil Little Thing
Plural possessive/apostrophe abuse is the scurge of modern day grammar.
It strikes me as a relatively new phenomenon. I just don't seem to recall instances of it, at least as rampant as seen now, back in the 80s and 90s.
I'm of the opinion that it's due to the widespread proximity of fast food chains (e.g. McDonald's, Wendy's, Arby's) and people not understanding that those are possessive restaurant names.
For some reason, it's even become accepted practice for family names (the Smith's), and I see it so often on Christmas cards every year.
It strikes me as a relatively new phenomenon. I just don't seem to recall instances of it, at least as rampant as seen now, back in the 80s and 90s.
I'm of the opinion that it's due to the widespread proximity of fast food chains (e.g. McDonald's, Wendy's, Arby's) and people not understanding that those are possessive restaurant names.
For some reason, it's even become accepted practice for family names (the Smith's), and I see it so often on Christmas cards every year.
This post was edited on 3/12/19 at 7:01 am
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:30 am to Feral
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the scurge of modern day grammar.
The what?
This post was edited on 3/12/19 at 6:31 am
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:46 am to AMac
To too
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:53 am to ItNeverRains
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Never noticed defiantly
Don't know how you've missed it; it's pretty dominate around here.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 7:09 am to AMac
Your/you’re
Dominant/dominate
There/their/they’re
making plurals with a possessive/apostrophe ‘s (I have plan’s for tonight)
Lose/loose
It’s/its
Worse/worst
To/too/two
Dominant/dominate
There/their/they’re
making plurals with a possessive/apostrophe ‘s (I have plan’s for tonight)
Lose/loose
It’s/its
Worse/worst
To/too/two
This post was edited on 3/12/19 at 7:22 am
Posted on 3/12/19 at 7:21 am to AMac
Maybe not grammatically incorrect but, when people say “anyways” instead of “anyway”, I start gripping.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 9:43 pm to cable
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its the misuse of they're/there/their
For me, it is a toss up between this and to, too, and sometimes two.
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