And a harvestman. No reason.----------
I think I'll let Bob the Angry Flower introduce today's topic. Go ahead, Bob.
I passed a big, commercially-made sign on my way to work today. It was advertising "Two-bedroom Condo's" for sale.
Sigh.
I blame the internet, you know. You get enough people out there typing things quickly and making silly mistakes, and it's like it reaches critical mass. Joe Notsure looks at the mistake and is confused as to whether it's correct or not, so he repeats it. Jane Reallynotsure looks at his mistake and figures that it must be correct because it's there right in front of her in print (and as Craig Ferguson says, if it's in print it must be true), so she repeats it too. And they told two friends, and they told two friends, and so on, and so on, and so on...
Erm... it was a Breck shampoo ad. In the... um... seventies.
Yeah, I'm old. Shut up.
Anyway, since I got tied up looking at something completely unimportant over my lunch break I don't really have time to delve into this highly frustrating topic the way I might have. We'll keep it short, then. Boys and girls, definitely does not have an a in it. Really. Look it up. Also, it isn't possible to loose one's pen, or one's girl, or one's mind (well, maybe the last one). And finally, apostrophes aren't for sprinkling liberally throughout your paragraphs in the hope that one of them actually sticks in the proper position.
Oh, and if you really want to annoy me, pick the wrong option on the current poll. More on that particular pet peeve another time, though. Especially now that EVERYONE will be aiming to pick the wrong option on the current poll just to piss me off.
It's all about me, remember.
And see? Putting an apostrophe in the right place isn't all that hard.
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