Showing posts with label grammar humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammar humor. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Reader's Pick or Readers' Pick?
Is Five Guys only ONE Reader's Pick? If many readers picked it, it should say Readers' Pick.....wish I had, had my purple editing pen with me!
P.S. Don't second guess on possessives all the time:
1. Write the word you want to make possessive first without even thinking about the possessive part {Readers}
2. Then ask yourself, "Does it end in an s?" {Don't overthink this step and start asking yourself if it's plural, etc....just focus on the final letter in the word.}.
3. If it ends in an s, simply put an apostrophe on the outside of the s. If it does NOT end in an s, put an 's.
Examples:
1. One reader picked it--the pick belongs to the one reader: reader's pick
2. Many readers picked it--the pick belongs to many readers: readers' pick
3. One dog owns the yard--the yard belongs to one dog: dog's yard
4. Two dogs own the yard--the yard belongs to two dogs: dogs' yard
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