Thursday, June 25, 2009

Pet peeve

Okay, here's something that I see EVERYWHERE, and it really bothers me:

The house, car, mailbox, or whatever that belongs to the entire Noall family is

THE NOALLS' house
NOT
THE NOALL'S.
I'm sorry to tell you, but that is wrong.
Apostrophe goes on the OUTSIDE when the possessive is plural or however you say that.
"The Noall's" would be ONE Noall's house. Like, "Hi, I'm The Noall, and this house is mine, so I call it The Noall's house."
Thank you for your attention.

1 comment:

Ashley Gilbert said...

Ah the love of gramatical errors. Lol. :) We hard core english learning people are picky about this kinda thing, and it is valid! Especailly when it comes to names. Jamie is a cutie! I cant believe he is sitting up like that! Chloe has not even mastered the art of sitting up. Cute video! Btw...have you tried making freezer jam? You would probably get a kick out of that. My mom is pretty good at it. Maybe I should make her teach some of us moms how to make it for a girls night or something.