Are apostrophes really that complicated?

gibs

They're to show possession or contraction, not to be placed at random in sentences.

What's the darn mystery?  Don't they teach this in grade school?  Why do so many people F it up so often?

Why would you say "My son's want to have a dog."  That just makes no sense.  Is the word "sons" somehow scary?  Why the apostrophy for a simple plural?

Drives me nuts

KoriBrett

My kid's would be horrified to see you talking this way about peoples spelling. ?Us mom's need to stick together, FFS.

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I don't usually even open posts that are "mom's of 4 year olds". ?Drives me apesh*t.

meghans30

I'm buzzed and posting... I don't always proofread my posts. Oh, well!

justEK

Do you have some sort of s'ystem that alerts you of these kind's of thing's?

meghans30

I don't always proof read my posts. Yup, you are correct, should have been sons. Oh,well!

meghans30

justEK:

Do you have some sort of s'ystem that alerts you of these kind's of thing's?

LOL! 

juniper19

Jeez.  That was so clearly a typo, not grammatical ignorance.

gibs

juniper19:

Jeez.  That was so clearly a typo, not grammatical ignorance.

 

 I completely disagree with you.

justEK

Oh Gibby poo. Everyone has errors. Even you. Don't let it stress you out.

EMT

I am confused as to how they are used when something ends with an s. I *think* I was taught that it is the Jones' house vs. the Jones's house but I see the latter all the time.

Which is correct? Otherwise, I don't think apostrophes are all that complicated

mamarazzi

I have to say this is a huge pet peeve of mine.  I want to barf when I get Christmas cards that say "love, the Doe's."  I just can't wrap my head around extraneous apostrophes.  I could understand forgetting one or leaving one out (but I'm so anal about puncuation that I won't even leave them out in texts), but adding one in when it's not meant to be there drives me nuts.

Cbidt's girl

Keep in mind that many of us post from iPhones. My phone autocorrects to the strangest, incorrect *** all the time.

ljlkm

Hallelujah.  I used to have the grammar rule in my signature because it drives me up the wall.  And while sometimes it is a typo (or the iPhone doing its annoying thing), it will often be repeated in the same post--and is clearly, then, not a typo.

ToledoDeux

EMT:

I am confused as to how they are used when something ends with an s. I *think* I was taught that it is the Jones' house vs. the Jones's house but I see the latter all the time.

Which is correct? Otherwise, I don't think apostrophes are all that complicated

Actually, it's neither. It's "the Joneses' house."

EMT

ToledoDeux:

EMT:

I am confused as to how they are used when something ends with an s. I *think* I was taught that it is the Jones' house vs. the Jones's house but I see the latter all the time.

Which is correct? Otherwise, I don't think apostrophes are all that complicated

Actually, it's neither. It's "the Joneses' house."

HA! Oops, I guess they are complicated. I'm mixing up ending in "s" and plural possessive...I gave a terrible (and incorrect) example of what I was getting at.

Yodajo

gibs:

Why would you say "My son's want to have a dog."  That just makes no sense.  Is the word "sons" somehow scary?  Why the apostrophy for a simple plural?

Drives me nuts

It can be annoying, but it also can be annoying to call someone out for poor grammar and have misspelled words in the call out.

august06mom

EMT:

ToledoDeux:

EMT:

I am confused as to how they are used when something ends with an s. I *think* I was taught that it is the Jones' house vs. the Jones's house but I see the latter all the time.

Which is correct? Otherwise, I don't think apostrophes are all that complicated

Actually, it's neither. It's "the Joneses' house."

HA! Oops, I guess they are complicated. I'm mixing up ending in "s" and plural possessive...I gave a terrible (and incorrect) example of what I was getting at.

It really depends on the style being used. AP style says you don't use the extra S. Chicago says you do.

AP: Chris' house

Chicago: Chris's house

 

On a side note, as a copy editor, I see all kinds of mistakes from all kinds of professional writers -- nothing surprises me anymore. I see little reason to complain about what people post on an Internet message board.

4Speedy

Yodajo:

gibs:

Why would you say "My son's want to have a dog."  That just makes no sense.  Is the word "sons" somehow scary?  Why the apostrophy for a simple plural?

Drives me nuts

It can be annoying, but it also can be annoying to call someone out for poor grammar and have misspelled words in the call out.

Funny catch.  Gibs once called out someone who mispelled "grammer" in a reply to one of my posts.  Her callout had misspellings in it.  Of course, she said hers were obviously typos.  This seems to be a pattern.

monkeyqueen

august06mom:

EMT:

ToledoDeux:

EMT:

I am confused as to how they are used when something ends with an s. I *think* I was taught that it is the Jones' house vs. the Jones's house but I see the latter all the time.

Which is correct? Otherwise, I don't think apostrophes are all that complicated

Actually, it's neither. It's "the Joneses' house."

HA! Oops, I guess they are complicated. I'm mixing up ending in "s" and plural possessive...I gave a terrible (and incorrect) example of what I was getting at.

It really depends on the style being used. AP style says you don't use the extra S. Chicago says you do.

AP: Chris' house

Chicago: Chris's house

 

On a side note, as a copy editor, I see all kinds of mistakes from all kinds of professional writers -- nothing surprises me anymore. I see little reason to complain about what people post on an Internet message board.

This

Copy editor:  I'm jealous.    I really am. 

monkeyqueen

Oh, and its and it's can be confusing.  

It's = it is

Its = possessive

I don't worry about other people posts, because most of the time I'm in a rush and I make ridiculous mistakes, as well.    It's not a big deal.   It's only when I can't even figure out what the person is asking/stating, that I get annoyed.

adri77

You need to get a life!!!!

AnnapolisLari

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