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To: georgiadevildog
My biggest pet-peeve is the improper use of possessives and plurals.

For example, I saw a sign at my local grocery store: "Return your cart's here." After eight years as a college English teacher and even more years as a newspaper editor, I have been know to correct offending signs with my pen.

I once sent a letter from our college president back to him, corrected, with this note: "Need to develop the content, work on the grammar C-"

57 posted on 12/22/2004 10:07:06 AM PST by Military family member (Go Colts!)
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To: Military family member

I agree.
One of the other mistakes I can't abide is the misuse of imply and infer. They are not the same and far too many people use them as if they are synonyms.


135 posted on 12/22/2004 12:22:32 PM PST by flitton (Merry Christmas one and all)
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