On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 11:10 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Yes. When I learned this there were two rules that were applied > equally often: > > Rule 1: The values zero through ten are to be spelled out > Rule 2: Single-digit values (zero through nine) were to be spelled out > > Of course, that was back in the stone age (the early 60s) when the > rules seemed to mean something. > > Hey I learned this from Dvorak Teaches Typing :) > My current three primary pet peeves: > > 1. "Me and John...". Wrong! "John and I...". Correct. "John and me" could also be correct, depending on the context. For instance "She baked a cake for John and me." > > 2. The word is "separate", people. There is no such word as "seperate" > in the English language. > > 3. Plurals do NOT use an apostrophe unless it is a plural possessive or > possessive of a subject that ends in "s". Examples: > > "dogs" means multiple instances (correct plural) > > "dog's" means the object is owned by the dog (possessive) > > "dogs'" means many dogs own the object (plural possessive) > > "Rick Stevens' car" means my car (possessive of subject ending > in "s") Furthermore, some pronouns don't use apostrophes for possessive. E.g. "it's" means "it is", "its" means something belonging to "it"; ditto for "their"/"theirs".
