Blogs about: Apostrophes

Misuse an apostrophe, lose a limb

scribequill wrote 1 day ago: Dearest Submissive Scribes, Today (well, tonight) I’m in the closing stage of 10K Day for Writ … more →

Tags: Your Madam's Missives, Misused punctuation

Cross over to the literate side

Laura wrote 3 days ago: In an article about DVDs on Yahoo! Movies, the writer makes some errors that any competent proofread … more →

Tags: capitalizing, <punctuation>, Wrong Words, possessives, capitalization, Apostrophe, Possessive, wrong word, Verb

One people's surprising mistake

Laura wrote 6 days ago: OK, so the title of this post should be “One person’s surprising mistake.” And the … more →

Tags: plurals, possessives, <punctuation>, Apostrophe, People, Peoples, plural, Possessive

Mena Suvari: Not on the menu

Laura wrote 6 days ago: Misspellings and misplaced punctuation are on the menu at Yahoo! Movies: Mena Suvari’s charac … more →

Tags: misspellings, <punctuation>, possessives, misspelling, Apostrophe, Possessive, Mena Suvari

Let's hope there will be more passengers

Laura wrote 1 week ago: I can’t imagine that Air New Zealand can stay in business much longer with only one passenger: … more →

Tags: plurals, possessives, <punctuation>, Apostrophe, plural, Possessive

Moms rule, apostrophes drool

mighty red pen wrote 1 week ago: Sure, I would agree that moms rule. But I would suggest: the proper use of apostrophes (in this cas … more →

Tags: Apostrophe Catastrophe, Perilous Punctuation, Mothers, <punctuation>

A whole new place for an apostrophe2 comments

Ben Warsop wrote 1 week ago: Sorry about this.  I promise I will only ever post the really odd ones.  I’ve never before see … more →

'My Best Friend's Wedding' and my worst nightmare1 comment

Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: OK. I exaggerate. This isn’t my worst nightmare, but really, how hard is it to look up the act … more →

Tags: Titles, <punctuation>, Wrong Words, possessives, Apostrophe, Possessive, wrong word, Title, My Best Friend's Wedding

Oh NO no no...5 comments

camiknickers wrote 2 weeks ago: …NO. Mine tired eyes do not wish to see THIS block of prose HELL: hi. good morning. a lot of … more →

Tags: misc. mental, Trouser, Capitals, Crime, Double Standards, Failure, First Impressions, internet dating, Personal

all you need to know about apostrophes1 comment

Kate Rivett-Taylor wrote 2 weeks ago: Finally – someone as tuned to the incorrect use of the apostrophe as I am (although now I … more →

Tags: Family, Editorial, writing

evrybuddy luvs a parayd!!! eksept me!!!24 comments

Dennis the Vizsla wrote 2 weeks ago: hello nice reederz its dennis the vizsla dog hay as i menshund the other day i got to go see a paray … more →

Tags: vizslas, Dogs, animals, Fred Astaire, Pit Bulls, Parades, Pets, Freedom, Border Collies

Michael Jackson was a dancer's what?

Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: Michael Jackson was one of the greatest dancers to hit the stage. And maybe one of the greatest danc … more →

Tags: <punctuation>, plurals, possessives, Apostrophe, plural, Possessive

You’re not going to put that apostrophe in your title, are you?

languagelynx wrote 2 weeks ago: Not only do I get upset when I can’t find the apostrophe in my new mobile phone, I get really fluste … more →

Tags: Grammar, dictionary, language, writing

Another post about texting ... and apostrophes

languagelynx wrote 3 weeks ago: I must admit that I’m a bit of an old woman.  Not that there’s anything wrong with old women, it’s j … more →

Tags: Grammar, spelling, writing

It's not the one you want

Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: The Yahoo! front page uses a pronoun, but it’s not correct: The writer meant it’s. It … more →

Tags: Confused Words, <punctuation>, Wrong Words, its/it's, contractions, Apostrophe, Commonly confused words, Homophone, homophones

'Tis a roundup

Laura wrote 1 month ago: ‘Tis the season for lapses on Yahoo! Shine: There are two here: the missing apostrophe in the … more →

Tags: misspellings, <punctuation>, contractions, misspelling, Apostrophe, Contraction, TIS, Roundup

It's a punch to an editor's heart

Laura wrote 1 month ago: A missing apostrophe in a possessive noun on Yahoo! Shine is a painful blow to any editor’s se … more →

Tags: <punctuation>, possessives, Apostrophe, Possessive

Men in push-up bras1 comment

Laura wrote 1 month ago: It doesn’t matter what guys are wearing — whether a turtleneck or low-cut top with a push-up b … more →

Tags: <punctuation>, modifiers, misplaced modifiers, Unnecessary Words, possessives, Apostrophe, Possessive, Extra word, misplaced modifier

The Web's most dysfunctional writers

Laura wrote 1 month ago: I’m not saying that the Web’s most dysfunctional writers all work at Yahoo! Shine. I … more →

Tags: <punctuation>, possessives, Apostrophe, Possessive


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