Yes, I did make a typo.
I tend to be a much worse writer and proof reader of my own writing than I am of others. I'll blast anyone, then I am tasked to write something myself, and it's riddled with errors, and sometimes makes no sense. Case in point, this blog.
So, yes, I just sent out our holiday cards, and I know I missed some people, so you need to give me until January to get them all out since I did the first batch from memory of people's addresses.
Well, I intended to write the phrase "point to point" and instead I wrote point to pint. Bah. The humanity. So, yes, even I, the great one, makes mistakes.
So now it's time for your lashing. Today's grammar lesson includes possession as posed by the elusive apostrophe. For those of you who sent a Christmas card to us from your family (which means more people than you) pay attention. I'm going to teach you the difference between This pluralization and possession.
If I were to say: "I'm going to the Walter's house for dinner tonight," the apostrophe in this case denotes that we own the house in question. Possession.
However, if I were to say: "Happy Holidays, Love, The Walters," I DO NOT use an apostrophe. There is no ownership. There is only a pluralization. I'm telling you this card is from all of us--The Walters, not just me, the Walter.
So, why, and girls I'm calling you out because I notice many more girls do this than guys, are you saying: "Happy Holidays, Love, The Walter's"
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Please remedy this in time for next year's cards, and enjoy the last typo you'll see from me in print for a long time.
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