Ok, here's my biggest pet peeve: The plural of CACTUS is CACTUSES, not CACTI, and the plural of VIRUS is VIRUSES, not VIRII. Makes me cringe every time I read/hear it... Andrew On Tue, August 17, 2004 2:55 pm, Thom Paine said: > On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 14:10, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> >> 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. > > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This email was composed using the GTEL Webmail client. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or priviledged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. Georgia Tech Library and Information Center http://www.library.gatech.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------
