My parents and my sister are the same way, so I come by it honestly. The misuse of apostrophes is something that drives me especially crazy. And God bless Lynne Truss, because she wrote a children's book addressing this very issue.
I mean, really. "Cute" doesn't even begin to describe it. The book has 15 or so sentences, with two pages devoted to each sentence. One page has a picture of what the sentence is really describing; the other page has a picture of what the sentence says if the apostrophe is in the wrong place.For instance, "The Giant Kids' Playground" shows a picture of a huge playground. "The Giant Kid's Playground", however, shows a humongous child swinging on one swing, while beside him, three regular-sized kids are all sitting together on the other swing.
Hysterical, no?
3 comments:
How cool? I love it! Is it girly? I want to get a copy, because with homeschooling E next year, we'll be doing this sort of thing. ;)
Nope - not girly at all! It's got really cute, gender-unspecific artwork - I highly recommend it!!
OMG! I NEED that book. I am easily annoyed by grammar ignorance.
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