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12-29-2015 08:48 PM
@JustJazzmom wrote:
@jonbon wrote:
@Mj12 wrote:We received a Christmas Card from a couple who signed it: The Smith's
I frequently run on a nearby street where several neighbors have identical signage in their yards for Christmas -- a North Pole-looking design with their family names painted on them. Each and every name has an apostrophe before the s: The Smith's, The Green's, etc. Aaaargh!
Growing up, my last name ended in an s. My sister-in-law, who has taken that last name, has in the past made the mistake of adding 's on their Christmas cards (for example, "The Jones's"). That one's a little trickier, but in the end, it's all pretty simple . . .
Maybe they think their particular sign BELONGS to them??
*It's my sign and not yours!!*
12-29-2015 09:17 PM
This is a very funny post. What is not so funny is I find myself not only accepting all these errors, but falling into these bad habits myself. My own education level dropping right before my eye's!
12-29-2015 09:29 PM
Happy New Year, everyone! Don't be this girl!
12-29-2015 09:45 PM
@italia8140 wrote:As someone else stated, it's a PUNCTUATION error, not a grammatical error.
@italia8140, because you so politely pointed this out to me, I was curious and went on a hunt for the difference between grammar and punctuation. Actually, according to one of the "experts" whom I will quote below, punctuation is, indeed, a subset of grammar:
"Grammar consists of words, spellings, syntax, phonetics, forms of words, and punctuation."
Just sayin'.
12-29-2015 09:47 PM
@MaggieMack wrote:
@italia8140 wrote:As someone else stated, it's a PUNCTUATION error, not a grammatical error.
@italia8140, because you so politely pointed this out to me, I was curious and went on a hunt for the difference between grammar and punctuation. Actually, according to one of the "experts" whom I will quote below, punctuation is, indeed, a subset of grammar:
"Grammar consists of words, spellings, syntax, phonetics, forms of words, and punctuation."
Just sayin'.
A misplaced apostrophe is a PUNCTUATION error.
12-29-2015 09:48 PM
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12-29-2015 10:05 PM
@Mj12 wrote:We received a Christmas Card from a couple who signed it: The Smith's
The Smith's what? LOL.
12-29-2015 10:12 PM
@jonbon wrote:
@Q4u wrote:Where I used to live they had a huge billboard right in front of the High School which often announced many special events.... the 12th graders were graduating and on the sign for everyone to see:
"CONGRADULATIONS TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 20XX"
I had to call the HS Office, which had no idea at this point and were expecting the parents to show up later in the afternoon for the ceremonies.....
I have to admit that my first instinct would have been that it was done intentionally -- there are many graduation-themed items that spell it that way on purpose!
Good point. Then it should have been "conGRADulations".
12-29-2015 10:42 PM
@sallybusky wrote:Happy New Year, everyone! Don't be this girl!
@sallybusky I posted a link to one of the Debbie Downer SNL sketches, but the powers that be poofed it. Booooo!! I highly recommend googling the Disney one though... I think it's 10 years old and I still LOL every time I see it!!
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