ITS A SHAME

Apostrophe campaign ends due to 'ignorance and laziness'

(Thanks to lot's of people)

Comments

[James]

Their's anarchy in the street's

[ChrisinVa]

Mr. Language Person knows the only correct use of the apostrophe: to notify the reader that an "s" is coming up in the word.

P.S. I miss Mr. Language Person.

[Ralph]

Whats the problem?

[Jim]

I think "The Grammar Police" once opened for "The Whom."

[Rudolph]

Its a conspiracy!

[Le Petomane]

Correct use of the apostrophe was never a problem in the Old West. Wyatt Earp never said,"put your hands in the air--uh, should that be put your hands' in the air?" No,he said, "oh shoot!"
Those were simpler times.

[Rod Nunley]

Dang, I didn't know there was such a campaign. It deserves to continue. The guy's right, about both the apostrophe and the comma.

If he's not going to continue this campaign, maybe he can start a new one regarding "loose" and "lose".

Note the correct use of the apostrophe in the contractions above.

[maryqos]

I agree with Rod and also want to add a campaign for "affect" and "effect".

[wanderer2575]

This reminds me of the tagline of The Straight Dope (www.straightdope.com): "Fighting ignorance since 1973 (it's taking longer than we thought)."

I want a campaign to bring back the Oxford comma.

[Qaz]

Whomst'd've made this decision will burn in heck.

[ImNotDave]

Let's not forget "there" & "their".

[Jeff Meyerson]

And "they're," Dave.

Is it a surprise in the current political climate that "we've already lost" the war over the apostrophe? Trump can barely speak in whole sentences.

[MOTW]

Y'all're all correct.

[Fred P]

I've notified my daughter Margaret. You all have been warned!

And MOTW (apparently in Texas) rocks!

[Snowman]

And how about outlawing the use of “exponentially” by non-mathematicians.

[coscolo]

Add "reign" and "rein" to the list of confused word pairs. Proofreaders don't know the difference either.

[Le Petomane]

Years ago, in a land not far, far away lived a people whose job it was to go charging into a written work to keep the writer from embarrassing themselves in print.
They were, I believe, called "copyeditors."
Sadly, they are now an endangered species.

[nursecindy]

Lately I've seen a lot of people getting the words "waste" and "waist" mixed up. As in: Good food is hard to waist but it will go to your waste. It drive's me crazy!

[Le Petomane]

nursecindy--Hang in there! I once had a psychiatrist tell me I didn't need to be driven crazy. I was perfectly capable of getting there on my own.

[NurseBernie]

Usually when 96 year-old men moan ..."nowadays I hardly get anything" - it has nothing to do with grammar and everything to do with grandma.

[Pirateboy]

The shop near my house selling “Taco’s” closed down recently as well.

The panda says no!