> > My current three primary pet peeves: > > > > 1. "Me and John...". Wrong! "John and I...". Correct. > > > > 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") > > > > I just have to add one last thing. > > My grade ten english teacher taught me one thing that I'll > never forget. > > Anytime someone said 'is when' he freaked out and corrected > them that it > should be 'occurs when'. I still remember this 19 years later. And I > still quote it when people say it to me. > And my grade ten english teacher taught us that plants and animals are raised, children are reared. -b
