Grammarians UNITE!

[Henrietta23]

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your recliner needs an education?

Yes! It needs to support me AND the dog. At one time, and comfortably, thank you very much!

ROFL

 

[PortageGirl]

The subject of the plural vs. possessive reminded me of something that bugs me a LOT. The same issue with things like son in law, sister in law etc, as in "My sons in law both attended our anniversary party." and “That is my son in law's new car." Or, "My sister in law's cat ate the canary." and "All three of my sisters in law love my pet canary."

 

[JustChicky]

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here!

 

[JennsPeeps]

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Oh oh oh! I was about to go there!

YES:
"This thread is a pain in the patooty of people who don't care about grammar."
"People who mistreat chickens are a pain in the patooty."
"My sisters-in-law always save their egg cartons for me."

NO:
"Those squirrels ate all my feed again. They are pain in the patooties!"
"My dumb brother-in-laws won't eat brown eggs."

 

[dacjohns]

It's not a waddle, it's a wattle.

Ducks waddle and chickens have wattles.

 

[maplesky7]

My sister's name is MarTa but everyone calls her Marduh.

Is that the same concept dac?

 

[dacjohns]

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Maybe.

Would it also be like Orphingtons?

 

[waynesgarden]

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This could possibly be correct if you have more than one patooty.

Wayne

 

[Ec_Prokta]

MY peeve is, along with my mom's, 'alright'. It's 'all right'!!! Sheesh...

 

[serendipity22]

Main Entry:
al·right Listen to the pronunciation of alright
Pronunciation:
\\(ˌ)ȯl-ˈrīt, ˈȯl-ˌ\\
Function:
adverb or adjective
Date:
1887

: all right
usage The one-word spelling alright appeared some 75 years after all right itself had reappeared from a 400-year-long absence. Since the early 20th century some critics have insisted alright is wrong, but it has its defenders and its users. It is less frequent than all right but remains in common use especially in journalistic and business publications. It is quite common in fictional dialogue, and is used occasionally in other writing <the first two years of medical school were alright — Gertrude Stein>.