What is wrong with these quotes?
"While Principal John W. Penrod was busy during the open house, Assistant Principal's Alan Ashton and RaShel Tingey were on hand to answer a few questions and go over a few facts."
"Kid's and volunteers catch fish and fun at Salem Pond."
"The Kid's Fishing Day at Salem Pond has come a long way in twenty-one years. . . "
I know that I don't live in a big city. I know that I can't expect the New York Times . . . but these glaring mistakes were on the front page of our newspaper. Misplaced apostrophes are apparently one of my biggest pet peeves. Well, that and people spelling with a Utah accent. I know I need to get over it . . . but don't they even TEACH grammar and punctuation anymore?
13 years ago
4 comments:
"Assistant principals (no posessive!), Alan Ashton and RaShel Tingey..."
'Kids' in the plural in both instances, on the last two. No posessive!
I was educated in the local school district, but I am a grammarian, of sorts...I turned out ok. ;)It drives me insane to see these sort of errors, too. Maybe I should apply for an editing job? Let me guess...the Press?
Btw, my favs are thier, they're, there...
I KNOW!!! Grammar and spelling mistakes drive me insane. I can't help myself. I MUST correct them...
Woops! Meant thEIr, sheesh...happens to the best of us, I guess.
This kind of thing gets me too!
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