Today, I didn’t even try to load my pages. Too much frustration.
I’m not too frustrated to whine about the misuse of the apostrophe. How we got into this mess, I have no idea. Let me say this loud and clear: Apostrophes are very seldom used to make plurals. I know the majority of the population thinks it’s right. It ain’t.
So, in the interest of clarity:
The apostrophe indicates letters are missing, e.g., can’t. An N and an O are missing. Actually, there are more rules about apostrophes, but you can look at them in Punctuation, when and if I get it loaded.
My main point is don’t make plurals with the apostrophe. People like to do it, especially with surnames: the Clark’s. Oy vey. It’s the Clarks. Remember this for the end of the year holidays. When you’re addressing your envelopes, the Clark’s is a no-no.
Now, you know.
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