A Grammar Post about Posessives
Okay, I don’t do politics, so ignore that. Here’s the headline:
Harris’ or Harris’s? Apostrophe row divides grammar nerds
And here’s a link to the article:
Oh—I belong to the camp that doesn’t add the extra ‘s’ if the word already ends with an ‘s.’
Want a picture? Here it is:
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One of My Favorite Wrong Words
First the comic. Last panel: Nauseous means “causing nausea.” She means nauseated, which means “feel like throwing up.”
A Small Error
—But not uncommon. At least we tech writers would say “written in italic.” No “s” because it’s really “in an italic font.”
The Difference between a Dash and a Hyphen
Dashes are longer than hyphens. The difference is hard to discern in this comic, but in the first panel, the text has a dash in “day—fresh” (or so it looks like to me) and a hyphen in “fresh-squeezed.” This is correct! The sentence means something like “on this hot summer day you get fresh-squeezed lemonade.” […]
Two Wrong Words
—when they are used together! Here’s the caption: Houston is seen as an attractive location for solar manufacturing plants due to the high amount of new solar installations in the state and the proximity to the Port of Houston. And here’s the picture: Use either “high number” or “huge amount.” We use “high” when we’re […]
