Apostrophe's.  On plural's.  Make me crazy.

I had to change my dog walking route because the better route took me  
past a house labeled "The Bridewell's."  I knew that if I kept  
walking by that house, sooner or later I would be tempted to  
vandalism, and I don't fancy working out the end of my career in the  
pokey.

Kathleen Ward
UC Davis
On Jan 30, 2008, at 4:37 PM, Beth Young wrote:

>>>> "Spruiell, William C" <[log in to unmask]> 1/30/2008 5:07 PM >>>
> Even descriptive linguists have a
> prescriptivist streak -- we just feel more conflicted about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Now there's an entertaining topic . . . what prescriptivist  
> tendencies will others of you admit to?  I confess to being  
> irritated by "ice tea"--it's tea with ice in it, not tea made of  
> ice--despite the fact that I have no problem with "ice cream" or  
> "ice water."  (Though I guess "ice water" would be a closer call in  
> any event, since ice & water are both h20.)
>
> Beth (who should be grading papers)
> (and who also feels conflicted about her pet peeves)
>
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