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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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