Today at work I pointed out a tagline that was aiming for — and singularly failing to use — the plural possessive. Worse, I did it with frustrated hand gestures and even (oh dear lord) finished up with a wordless cry.
You know what this means, don't you? That's right: I've cemented my reputation.
In TV-land, girls cement their reputation by doing dreadfully uninhibited things at office christmas parties. Me? I point out apostrophe atrocities.
Oh yeah. I live on the edge.
Ben Payne [20 October 2009 @ 9:42 pm]
You're my kinda girl, Scribblefly!
1Jan Schmidt [20 October 2009 @ 11:43 pm]
Own your foibles – they are yours' and yours' alone!
2damselfly [21 October 2009 @ 5:54 am]
Argh! Jan! You break me with your tauntingly incorrect use of apostrophes!
Ben: it's a curse
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