Posted: 3/26/2006 5:02:15 AM EDT
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When spelling a noun in plural form, it does NOT need an apostrophe. It is "commandos," not "commando's," it is "nazis," not "nazi's," it is "tattoos," not "tattoo's," and it's "ninjas," not "ninja's." If you are talking about a thing that belongs to those nouns, then you use an apostrophe, which turns it into posessive form. For example, "the ninja's throwing croissant." Apostrophes are also used to take the place of a removed letter. For example, "Throwin' croissant," or in a contraction such as "it's" in which the apostrophe takes the place of the "I" in "is." That is all. Sorry, but that stuff get's on my nerve's far more than bad spelling. Might as well put an apostrophe with every word that end's with an S if you're going to use it for the plural form. |
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My wife, the English Major and editor, says that the apostrophe is probably THE most misused punctuation that she sees all the time in her work. She sees it daily, and not just in her work but out on signs, billboards, etc. When she was teaching, she could not get students to understand this. There is some sort of need to place a mark where it shouldn't be. Very weird and frustrating. That and the misuse of "lose/loose", and "to/too" is pretty aggravating. And before some of you launch into the spelling/grammar nazi bit, I tend to judge people on how they communicate (whether it is vocally or how they write). |
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Proper English transcends the specific purpose of all forums (provided they are in English, of course.) When one communicates in English, one should know how to use English, no matter what the subject. Besides, it's just so freakin' annoying. |
Fuckin isn't a word? I use it all the time. Example: You are a fuckin retard. Stop using all the fuckin hot water. Where is my fuckin keys. |
My bad. |
We're just busting your balls - all in good fun. 
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I must admit to using that word occasionally as well - like: "I had no idea how much fuckin time I spend on ar15.com" |
Psst . . . it needs an apostrophe. |
Well, you tried. Understand that if you're going to pounce on those who butcher the King's english, you might want to check your own post for errors first. Nice touch on purposely using the 's in your last sentence. Really drives the point home... 
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D'oh. Uh . . . you know I only did that to show that I was serious when I said that misspellings don't bother me as much as the misuse of apostrophes, right?  But give a guy credit for not using the spelling checker. EDITED TO ADD: I think that I spelled "misspelling" wrong. I went to www.m-w.com to make sure I spelled it right, and it says, "Misspelling: An incorrect spelling" So how DO you spell it? 
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I guess I'll have to spell it out for you...  mis·spell ( P ) tr.v. mis·spelled, or mis·spelt (-splt) mis·spell·ing, mis·spells To spell incorrectly. You had it right. 
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