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Typed an unbroken string of text so long that she was forced to scroll her browser window to the right? Or *gasp* has someone had the audacity to post their Really L33t (TM) Sig Pic with Lens Flare and 24-bit Color as a bitmap?
Nope.
I'm just sick to *$&%^#@ death of seeing people who ought to know better butcher a simple convention of the English language. I can take a lot of "alot". I can understand confusion surrounding homophones (two/to/too, you're/your, they're/there/their, et cetera). BUT WHY IN THE NAME OF BRISTLEBANE IS IT SO #&$^%#@* HARD TO USE AN APOSTROPHE CORRECTLY?!
Yep. That's it, folks. I have just witnessed my Nth instance of some dimly educated numbskull using an apostrophe to indicate a plural noun. Now before you get YOUR knickers in knot, rest assured that I am NOT referring to ANY post on this board. I know that we have international visitors, and as a whole I'm pretty good about leaving my grammatical hangups at the login screen. I'm talking about people who have spoken English their entire lives, people who hold college degrees from respected institutions of higher learning, people who should just *%&^$ KNOW BETTER, pulling crap like "I have two computer's at home" or "must have the following skill's"!
I see it in official documentation. I see it in emails I receive from supervisors. I see it in newspaper colums. And I see it from people who are evaluating MY qualifications to work for THEM. PHREEEEEEE-EEEEW!
Quite frankly, I had to vent before my spleen ruptured.
So, for all you clueless dolts out there masquerading as competant professionals, I offer the following handy reference. Do the world a favor: print it out and glue it to the side of your monitor.
Bob the Angry Flower explains the apostrophe: http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif
Nope.
I'm just sick to *$&%^#@ death of seeing people who ought to know better butcher a simple convention of the English language. I can take a lot of "alot". I can understand confusion surrounding homophones (two/to/too, you're/your, they're/there/their, et cetera). BUT WHY IN THE NAME OF BRISTLEBANE IS IT SO #&$^%#@* HARD TO USE AN APOSTROPHE CORRECTLY?!
Yep. That's it, folks. I have just witnessed my Nth instance of some dimly educated numbskull using an apostrophe to indicate a plural noun. Now before you get YOUR knickers in knot, rest assured that I am NOT referring to ANY post on this board. I know that we have international visitors, and as a whole I'm pretty good about leaving my grammatical hangups at the login screen. I'm talking about people who have spoken English their entire lives, people who hold college degrees from respected institutions of higher learning, people who should just *%&^$ KNOW BETTER, pulling crap like "I have two computer's at home" or "must have the following skill's"!
I see it in official documentation. I see it in emails I receive from supervisors. I see it in newspaper colums. And I see it from people who are evaluating MY qualifications to work for THEM. PHREEEEEEE-EEEEW!
Quite frankly, I had to vent before my spleen ruptured.
So, for all you clueless dolts out there masquerading as competant professionals, I offer the following handy reference. Do the world a favor: print it out and glue it to the side of your monitor.
Bob the Angry Flower explains the apostrophe: http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif