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) > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/