***** It's not "The Clinton's", it's "The Clintons" !!!!!!!!111111 *****

[FlyingSquirrel]

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[QC]

1. THANK YOU!!! That one drives me batty!

Of course, I'm an English teacher, which might have something to do with it, but still.

[leftofcool]

3. Retired English teacher here..........

I just ignore it. Figure it's much easier than going batty.

[QC]

6. You'd think I'd be used to it, considering that my students all do it, but hey...

that particular illiteracy still gets a rise out of me. Some of them seem to put an apostrophe before every single s in a paper. "It seem's like the dog's are going to be at home."

Other classics: alot and highschool.

[leftofcool]

14. "alot" is my favorite

[QC]

18. Lately there's a staggering epidemic of people taking things "for granite."

There is also widespread confusion of definitely with defiantly, as in "This book is defiantly not easy to read." This confuses me, because the two words don't sound much alike.

[sakura]

24. Witch instead of which

I've graded lots of papers with that mistake.

[QC]

26. And weather/whether. n/t

[leftofcool]

30. That is always a fun one

[RaleighNCDUer]

36. Perhaps it defied their ability to read it? nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

35. One up on you, here.

My DADDY was an English teacher. I'd write home, and two weeks later get my letter back in the mail, red-penned.




I love him for it.

[patrice]

2. I'll second all of those motions FlyingSquirrel!! nt

[MannyGoldstein]

4. It Could Also Be The Clintons'

As in "The Clintons' narcissism is staggering."

But never The Clinton's.

[patrice]

12. Right, but it can be something like "Clinton's going to go home and rest now." = a contraction. nt

[MannyGoldstein]

13. Yes, But Not With A 'The' In Front Of It

As in "The Clintons"

[patrice]

19. Definitely NOT!

I think people are getting possessives and contractions mixed up. With all due respect to the good teachers in this thread, nobody teaches this stuff anymore.

:hi:

[TheDoorbellRang]

15. The Clinton's first name is Hillary.

Never say never...:evilgrin:

[MannyGoldstein]

17. Huh?

I don't get it.

Sorry if I'm being dense.

[TheDoorbellRang]

27. She is the Clinton in the race

Ergo, one could say, "The Clinton's first name is Hillary."

I don't know why one would want to say this, but it would still be grammatically correct, I believe. Besides, I'm just messin' with you. :D

[MannyGoldstein]

38. Yup, You're Right!

Well done!

:hi:

[patrice]

23. Acceptable, but odd, not something I'd do and I write for a living. nt

[TheDoorbellRang]

29. I'd prefer a judgment of odd but acceptable

:D

[patrice]

33. I applaude your precision!

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[patrice]

5. How come you see more posts like this this time of day than you do earlier in the day? nt

[FlyingSquirrel]

20. I'm not sure.....

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[patrice]

28. Nice wallpaper!

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[gateley]

7. Oops. nt

[QC]

8. Are you sure that's not oop's? lol. n/t

[gateley]

25. Ha! Didn't think of that - damn! nt

[newmajority]

9. Maybe it's "The Clintstones"?

:evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

10. YEAh! GODAMMIT!1!

GIT IT RITE1! :D

[JBoy]

11. Winner: Apostrophy -> A POS Trophy

[gabby garcia]

16. i thought it was...

the Clintrons.
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[QC]

22. Or Hitlery Klintoon?

That is, as far as I have seen, the only late 90s freeperism not to make its way to DU yet. It shouldn't take much longer, though.

[billyoc]

21. Of course it's not the Clinton's, it's the Obamas'.

;)

[Seabiscuit]

31. Obamanoids refer to "the Clinton's" the way Repukes refer to "Democrat party"

[BlueIdaho]

32. I think of "The Clinton" kinda like "The Borg"

They are collectively aware, but not aware of themselves as separate individuals - thus 2 of 2's massive experience.

[Ichingcarpenter]

34. Clingtons in their emotional revenge culture but Borg

in their hive mentality around the queen.

[woo me with science]

37. A lot of people have trouble with that apostrophe.

They often seem to have trouble with many other aspects of an argument, as well. :)