Editormum's Grammar Guru: Help Stamp Out Apostrophe Abuse!

Friday, August 11, 2006

Help Stamp Out Apostrophe Abuse!

Never use the apostrophe (that's the little mark like this ' ) to make words plural. It's wrong; it's annoying, and it makes your writing look amateurish. The plural of apple is not apple's ---it's apples! When you see 's at the end of a word, you should automatically think one of two things:... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by editormum at 6:47 AM Comments (0) (link)

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