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[ontology]

Dear Americans,

Please, when you write, think of the apostrophes. They really do cry when they are abused.

As do I. 

Sincerely,

Me

(The day after tomorrow is my birthday. Eep! *is squeeish*)

Comments

[lexiedoh.livejournal.com]

I was at this restaurant tonight with my parents, and they were lucky enough to hear me rant and rave about the abuse of the apostrophe on the menus for a good ten minutes or so. And then my mum and I had to explain to Dad why these uses were so wrong and abusive (my mum may not be as adamant a stickler as I am, but she at least has a decent grasp of punctuation.).

But honestly. These particular crimes were inexcusable. "Friday's only", "Tater's" (yes, it was supposed to be plural. Tater is not a person.), "City Slicker's Specials" (the restaurant is called City Slickers. Plural. There are many, apparently. And not one of them owns any particular specials.). It was painful, Jo.

I love you.

[timetakestime.livejournal.com]

:just downloaded some Daemin Rice!:

[faeriemaiden.livejournal.com]

Yay! (My guitar teacher gave me what I've got. Shiiiny.)

[avonleigh.livejournal.com]

Word.

Seriously, I was in my mother's boss's office yesterday, and she's got all these degrees and certificates on her wall. One of them read as follows:

"Jefferson School is proud to present ______ it's Annual Good-bye & Good Luck Award."

I had to sit across from that thing for a good 30 minutes, and I was practically twitching by the end of them. If a school's administration don't even know how to use an apostrophe correctly, HOW WILL THEY TEACH THE CHILDREN?!?!?!

[*sheepishly puts down Caps* *edges away*]

[ressie-noldo.livejournal.com]

Ergh. If I had a penny for every time I've seen '1000's of CD's' - well, suffice it to say that I would not now be worrying about how I will pay for college.


PS: Ooh, you have that song? Share? *attempted pleading in unconvincing manner*

[faeriemaiden.livejournal.com]

I'm even beginning to be annoyed by things like 1950's. What, really, is the function of the apostrophe there? It's not standing in for any letters left out, and an apostrophe does NOT a plural make...

And, um, yeah. I really, really want to share that song. Like whoa. Because it is awesome. But my internet crashes whenever I try to upload music to it. There's a possibility I may be able to upload a bit of music while I'm on holiday (with caaaable!), though. *waggles eyebrows* Er. Otherwise, we should be getting cable soon. We haven't got that new computer yet. *scowls blackly* Er. Blackly! *fangirl* Er. Yes. I should no longer be able to type (or think) when I haven't had anything to eat.

[lady-moriel.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Yes. Guess what I found yesterday? A pair of socks by a national brand--Dockers, if you care--labeled (in COMIC SANS, which makes it all worse) "Socks for Boy's". AUGH. I scribbled over the apostrophe with a marker, but it didn't do much good.