PSA: plural words don’t have apostrophes

[Anonymous]

Aside from a few narrow exceptions (acronyms, dates), one makes a word plural with -s or -es.

No apostrophes needed.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Plural acronyms do not need apostrophes either.

Only use them when it makes it clearer to the reader. For instance, classless has to many s's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plural acronyms do not need apostrophes either.

Only use them when it makes it clearer to the reader. For instance, classless has to many s's.

If you’re going to preach about grammar then you should probably proofread your own post.

[Anonymous]

Also group of people with the same last name does not have an apostrophe.

“The Joneses and Smiths are coming for dinner.”

Your holiday card will also not have an apostrophe.

“Merry Christmas! Love, the Wiltons”

[Anonymous]

Why does autocorrect get it wrong so many times?

[Anonymous]

These types of thread’s are so annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These types of thread’s are so annoying.

That's because the threads' importance is waning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Plural acronyms do not need apostrophes either.

Only use them when it makes it clearer to the reader. For instance, classless has to many s's.

If you’re going to preach about grammar then you should probably proofread your own post.

Autocorrect doesn't like my grammar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These types of thread’s are so annoying.

These type's of thread's, you barbarian.

[Anonymous]

In a world where people just post random questions worded as unpunctuated statements to Facebook groups, this isn't a front line I'm ready to join.

Example: A post in a neighborhood Facebook group reads "best place to get a haircut"

That's it. No capitalization. No punctuation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does autocorrect get it wrong so many times?

Yes! It's often changing "its" to "it's," and I have to change it back.

[Anonymous]

Dates are not an exception. Using an apostrophe makes a date possessive, not plural or an abbreviation.

"I went to college in the 1980s."

"I listen to 80's music."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does autocorrect get it wrong so many times?

Yes! It's often changing "its" to "it's," and I have to change it back.

You actually care to proofread your writing. That value and skill is dying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does autocorrect get it wrong so many times?

Yes! It's often changing "its" to "it's," and I have to change it back.

My autocorrect on my phone does insane things. For instance, back when I was in the thick of under-5 childcare, I discovered my phone hates the word "nannies" and will correct it every time to "Nanny's". How does my phone not understand the plural form of the word nanny, or that it's most commonly used as a job title, not a first name? Is my phone Irish?

Anyway, this is why complaining about typos like that on DCUM makes no sense. I frequently post comments on here riddled with typos because I am dashing something off on my phone without proofreading and it's a dumb little machine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aside from a few narrow exceptions (acronyms, dates), one makes a word plural with -s or -es.

No apostrophes needed.

Thank you.

Can you provide an example of these exceptions?

My examples (without apostrophes):

"Everybody knows that neighborhood is loaded with MAGAs."

"My family came to the United States in the 1790s."