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Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:41 PM

RebelOne (26,791 posts)

15. I own it and everyone who posts here should also read it. n/t

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For those who still don't know that plurals in English are generally not spelled with an apostrophe [View all]	DFW	Jun 2012	OP
Well, there's certainly no shortage of Grammar Nazis here on DU...	LAGC	Jun 2012	#1
LOL!	DFW	Jun 2012	#4
"Most Democrats know how to read and write English."	kentauros	Jun 2012	#26
To typo is human, as they say......... n/t	DFW	Jun 2012	#31
And the air is humid.	kentauros	Jun 2012	#33
I am a grammar Nazi, but I try to restrain myself. I am a former copy editor.	RebelOne	Jun 2012	#14
And then there's Spelling:	Art_from_Ark	Jun 2012	#2
That's a typo, not a spelling error	Bucky	Jun 2012	#22
Sure it's a typo	Art_from_Ark	Jun 2012	#25
Its pretty easy to remember.	Deep13	Jun 2012	#3
I don't like Grammar Nazi	bigwillq	Jun 2012	#9
NO GRAMMAR FOR YOU!!!!!	MiddleFingerMom	Jun 2012	#12
Nah. "Pedants" sounds like...	Bucky	Jun 2012	#23
How about "Grammar Despot" instead?	kentauros	Jun 2012	#27
So "Grammar Martinet" probably also too obscure...	beac	Jun 2012	#41
I prefer "Grammarnatrix". Mama spank.	nolabear	Jun 2012	#45
Time to whip DU posters into shape.	hay rick	Jun 2012	#47
Now where did I put my sleeveless turtleneck and powerdome?	kentauros	Jun 2012	#48
All those M.A.'s and Ph.D.'s in the English department haven't been minding their p's and q's.	retread	Jun 2012	#5
When I say it's the exception that proves the rule, I use 'prove' in its old meaning of test.	dimbear	Jun 2012	#16
"Parking for Customer's Only". This sign was placed on an outside wall	LeftinOH	Jun 2012	#6
Here's a practical recommendation for you.	Jim Lane	Jun 2012	#8
I own it and everyone who posts here should also read it. n/t	RebelOne	Jun 2012	#15
Every one?	kentauros	Jun 2012	#28
My favorites are	pipi_k	Jun 2012	#7
Though not an apostrophe mistake, this one drives me nuts	DFW	Jun 2012	#10
Yeah, but "Find a heaven for you and my" is just INVITING a dangerous final line.	MiddleFingerMom	Jun 2012	#13
Now if he had sung THAT......	DFW	Jun 2012	#17
Speaking of which...	pipi_k	Jun 2012	#35
I always say, leave songs in Portuguese alone.........	DFW	Jun 2012	#40
Then you'l love the "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks	geardaddy	Jun 2012	#24
hahahaha!!!	pipi_k	Jun 2012	#36
LOL	treestar	Jun 2012	#42
There is a town that I pass through...	Wait Wut	Jun 2012	#11
Queen of Hearts: Now, where do you come from? Alice: Well, I'm trying to find my way home...	retread	Jun 2012	#20
Get out of the car and pose with the sign.	Iggo	Jun 2012	#38
Well I like to think I'm one of those you can say, "You know your shit."	lunatica	Jun 2012	#18
Historians know yore shit. nt.	JustABozoOnThisBus	Jun 2012	#19
And a bumper sticker is born! n/t	DFW	Jun 2012	#21
!	Tuesday Afternoon	Jun 2012	#34
Bob T. A. F. explains	ThoughtCriminal	Jun 2012	#29
thanks for this!	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Jun 2012	#37
There, their, they're.....	southerncrone	Jun 2012	#30
Plural's are fun!	UrbScotty	Jun 2012	#32
I hate Kindle	NV Whino	Jun 2012	#39
My last boss hated me.	ChazInAz	Jun 2012	#43
Knowing your shit is not the question - Communicating your shit is	ashling	Jun 2012	#44
I am not a grammar cop	ashling	Jun 2012	#46

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