Comments on: Punctuation Errors: Apostrophe for Plurals http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:29:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sharon http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/comment-page-1/#comment-395518 Sharon Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:11:21 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/#comment-395518 @OMG, perhaps you would be a bit less condescending about this error if you realized that using an apostrophe to form the plural of an acronym used to be considered correct, and was the standard form taught in schools when I was a child. Grammar rules evolve over time. I have had to adapt to a number of changes, such as the removal of the Oxford comma, the comma before "too" and the second space between sentences. @OMG, perhaps you would be a bit less condescending about this error if you realized that using an apostrophe to form the plural of an acronym used to be considered correct, and was the standard form taught in schools when I was a child. Grammar rules evolve over time. I have had to adapt to a number of changes, such as the removal of the Oxford comma, the comma before “too” and the second space between sentences.

]]> By: Josh Dobbelaar http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/comment-page-1/#comment-312134 Josh Dobbelaar Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:05:30 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/#comment-312134 Dear OMG, I am as bothered as you by those ABCs. But it appears that you are a little less sensitive to conjugations of lay and lie. Unless you meant you were in the process of laying _some thing_ down (laying down some lines of haiku, maybe), you were simply lying down. Cheers. Dear OMG, I am as bothered as you by those ABCs. But it appears that you are a little less sensitive to conjugations of lay and lie. Unless you meant you were in the process of laying _some thing_ down (laying down some lines of haiku, maybe), you were simply lying down. Cheers.

]]> By: OMG, are you all nuts? http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/comment-page-1/#comment-311444 OMG, are you all nuts? Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:05:43 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/#comment-311444 ABCs. 1s. NO APOSTROPHE. This is not a contraction, nor is it showing possession. It is simply plural. Do you NOT know the rules for grammar when referencing plurals? AHHH! I’m a teacher and I am SO frustrated when seeing books say “ABC’s.” Really? Is it the ABC’s book? See possession. Is it a contraction from some unknown nonsense word? Again, NEGATIVE. Go back to school everyone!!! Ironic. My own grammar mistakes. Serves me right for typing on my laptop that is on my stomach... oh... and I'm also laying down. The fact that I was coherent is a huge win. ABCs. 1s. NO APOSTROPHE. This is not a contraction, nor is it showing possession. It is simply plural. Do you NOT know the rules for grammar when referencing plurals? AHHH! I’m a teacher and I am SO frustrated when seeing books say “ABC’s.” Really? Is it the ABC’s book? See possession. Is it a contraction from some unknown nonsense word? Again, NEGATIVE. Go back to school everyone!!!

Ironic. My own grammar mistakes. Serves me right for typing on my laptop that is on my stomach… oh… and I’m also laying down. The fact that I was coherent is a huge win.

]]> By: OMG, are you all nuts? http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/comment-page-1/#comment-311441 OMG, are you all nuts? Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:02:30 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/#comment-311441 ABCc. 1s. NO APOSTROPHE. This is not a contraction, nor is it showing possession. It is simply plural. Do you NOT know the rules for grammar when referencing plurals. AHHH! I'm a teacher and I am SO frustrated when seeing books say "ABC's." Really? Is it the ABC's book? See possession. Is it a contraction from some unknown nonesnse word? Again, NEGATIVE. Go back to school everyone!!! ABCc. 1s. NO APOSTROPHE. This is not a contraction, nor is it showing possession. It is simply plural. Do you NOT know the rules for grammar when referencing plurals. AHHH! I’m a teacher and I am SO frustrated when seeing books say “ABC’s.” Really? Is it the ABC’s book? See possession. Is it a contraction from some unknown nonesnse word? Again, NEGATIVE. Go back to school everyone!!!

]]> By: Sayed Baqir http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/comment-page-1/#comment-263003 Sayed Baqir Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:30:41 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/punctuation-errors-apostrophe-for-plurals/#comment-263003 I would like to be a profssinal writer of English Language I would like to be a profssinal writer of English Language

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