apostrophes

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• Posession question

  
  IT answers — Authority: 458
  Answer Updated by TomLiotta
  2 days ago

• The best and worst writing on the Web

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  OK, so I lied about the best writing on the Web. And maybe this isn’t the worst writing on the Web. It’s just two of the many errors that appear on Yahoo! every day. This time they’re from Yahoo! Shine : I don’t know how a professional writer can confuse the contraction it’s with the possessive ...
  3 days ago

• Senatorial abuse and apostrophe misuse

  
  Motivated Grammar — Authority: 100
  Some short time ago, I stumbled upon a delightful blog known as the ragbag , which I quickly subscribed to after reading about five posts, in no small part because reading it reminds me of the sort of strange conversations I used to have in college with my suitemate and fellow mathemagician . (One of the more ...
  4 days ago

• A hubbub, people’s faces and a year’s worth of massages

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  They’re not going to create a hubbub, but the punctuation problems on Yahoo! TV ’s ”Daytime in No Time” blog might affect people’s opinions of the writer: People  is already plural, so that apostrophe belongs before the S: while  year is singular and its possessive is year’s : No ...
  2 weeks ago

• ‘Top Chef’ takes the cake

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  This synopsis of tonight’s “Top Chef” on Yahoo! TV  takes the cake: Though there’s nothing grammatically wrong with using both remaining and left in the same sentence, one of them would have been sufficient. (When you’re writing for the short attention span of Web readers, fewer words are always ...
  2 weeks ago

• UFO’s: Now appearing on your avatar!

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  Now your avatar (that cartoony character from Yahoo!) can proudly display a misused apostrophe, just like the rest Yahoo!: The plural of UFO is UFOs — no apostrophe required. Not content to misuse an apostrophe on Yahoo! Avatars , the writer also omits the S in UFO in the caption. Posted in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Are you at your wits’ end?

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  Are you at your wits’ end about the inability of  Yahoo! Shine  editors to know when an apostrophe is called for? Posted in Apostrophes, Possessives, Punctuation Tagged: apostrophe, missing apostrophe, missing punctuation, possessive, Punctuation, punctuation errors, punctuation mistakes, Shine, wits end, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hidden puzzles just for you on Yahoo!

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  Hey, kids! Here’s a really fun game just for you on Yahoo! Kids . Yahoo! has hidden goofy goofs on its Kids site and it’s up to you to find them all. I found four hidden treasures. How many can you find? Here’s what I uncovered, starting with some computer code: And then I discovered a missing S in ...
  2 weeks ago

• The most neglected contraction

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  It’s the most neglected contraction on Yahoo!. And it appears yet again on Yahoo! Shine  without its apostrophe: I can’t believe that a professional writer doesn’t know the difference between its and it’s , just as I can’t believe the writer thinks that prom is a proper noun: I’d rather ...
  2 weeks ago

• Thanksgiving at Grandma’s is missing something this year

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  Thanksgiving at grandma’s place needs a little something on Yahoo! Avatars : Posted in Apostrophes, Possessives, Punctuation Tagged: apostrophe, missing punctuation, possessive, Punctuation, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Avatars
  3 weeks ago

• Jolie-Pitt’s extra character

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  The Jolie-Pitts get an extra character on Yahoo! Shine : The plural of a name (hyphenated or otherwise) that doesn’t end with an S is almost always spelled with the addition of an S. Posted in Apostrophes, Plurals, Punctuation Tagged: apostrophe, incorrect punctuation, plural, Punctuation, punctuation ...
  3 weeks ago

• How to use an apostrophe

  
  Mighty Red Pen — Authority: 118
  Who couldn’t use a helpful flow chart on the do’s and don’ts of apostrophes? Well, the folks at the Oatmeal have created one! There’s so much more where this came from. Check it out . Hat tip to Captain Moondog at Today in Awesome .
  3 weeks ago

• If I had a nickel for every…

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  If I had a nickel for every boneheaded error on Yahoo!, I’d be a wealthy crotchety nitpicker. I’m not talking about the little typos that seem to creep into everyone’s writing from time to time. (Yes, even mine.) I mean the stupid misspellings that any spell checker would find. And the misuse of punctuation that ...
  3 weeks ago

• What’s the biggest writing mistake one can make?

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  My vote goes to omitting an apostrophe in a contraction. Thanks to Yahoo! omg!  for illustrating my point. Posted in Apostrophes, Contractions, Punctuation Tagged: apostrophe, contraction, missing apostrophe, missing punctuation, omg!, Punctuation, punctuation errors, punctuation mistakes, Yahoo!, Yahoo! omg!
  3 weeks ago

• This week’s pick: Missing punctuation

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  Oops. The apostrophe seems to have slipped out of this headline on Yahoo! Shine : Posted in Apostrophes, Possessives, Punctuation Tagged: apostrophe, incorrect punctuation, missing apostrophe, missing punctuation, possessive, punctuation errors, punctuation mistakes, Shine, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Shine
  3 weeks ago

• Hallowe’en in a Suburb

  
  this is the samaBlog — Authority: 119
  I only tolerate the apostrophe above because it’s Lovecraft … The steeples are white in the wild moonlight, And the trees have a silver glare; Past the chimneys high see the vampires fly, And the harpies of upper air, That flutter and laugh and stare. For the village dead to the moon outspread ...
  4 weeks ago

• It’s my cup of tea

  
  Mighty Red Pen — Authority: 118
  So what goes better together than word nerds and a nice cup of hot tea? Not much, I’d say, unless the tea comes with tags that feature literary quotations. Check out the Novel Teas line from Bag Ladies Tea . I love the idea, but Novel Teas did turn out to be a bit of a, er, mixed bag. Is that ...
  5 weeks ago

• Here’s one more don’t

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  Who would have guessed it? After reporting three different spellings of the expression “do’s and don’ts,” I thought the subject was covered. Was there really yet another way to spell (or misspell) that cliché? Yep. Yahoo! Shine  manages to find a fourth alternative, but just can’t figure out where the ...
  5 weeks ago

• Two-for-one special

  
  Mighty Red Pen — Authority: 118
  Hat tip to SgtGrayMatter, who spotted this little tidbit at a local strip mall and writes, “Perhaps someone named Better Body owns the fitness center, but I can’t excuse Youngs Beauty.” Apparently, apostrophes were in, er, short supply.
  5 weeks ago

• Writing dos and don’ts

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 143
  Do be consistent in spelling. Don’t follow the lead of folks over at Yahoo! Shine, who think “dos and don’ts” needs two apostrophes: or one apostrophe: or no apostrophe: Authorities disagree on how to spell this expression. The American Heritage dictionary allows both dos and do’s as ...
  5 weeks ago

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