(04-20-2021, 05:28 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I get trivially annoyed by people not understanding the correct use of the apostrophe.  For example, "its" is the possessive of "it."  It should have no apostrophe.  "It's" (notice the apostrophe) means "it is."  

It licks its paw.
It's nice.  

Also, an apostrophe should not be used to make a singular word into a plural word.  I see that one all the time.  

For example: Door Knob's [for sale]  https://www.pinterest.com/bombshellwatt/door-knobs/

I saw this misuse of the apostrophe on Big Cat Country this morning:

"Its’ workers put their bodies on the line..."   What the heck is an apostrophe doing in that spot?  


There is a plague of apostrophes all over the internet.

/offers sanitized, socially-distanced bro-fist

this was isolated to only one person, but in addition to that, I had a former boss who always responded "thank-you" when I provided a report or took care of a job. No idea where the hyphenation came from, but it was nails on a chalkboard levels of irritation whenever I would read it.

And yeah, blogs do not have copy editors, and as a former copy editor I almost want to volunteer my time to help the authors clean up their content. How often do you read an article and find a misused, but properly-spelled word that didn't get caught because spellcheck didn't call their attention to an error? Do you not re-read your material before pressing the button to publish?

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