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We all make errors, and sometimes, those errors can make us look like idiots. Especially when that error gets published out in the world, even though it likely went through a host of gatekeepers to get there. And that's why we're here. To shame those gatekeepers with an internet scarlet S. I don't expect you to be perfect. It takes a village, and every village has an idiot. But for the sake of your company's reputation, hire a village that has at least one member THAT CAN SPELL.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Pet Peeve

Yes, this is a grammar issue, and not a spelling issue. But, as I said yesterday, sometimes, stuff just BUGS and you have to purge it, or it'll back up in your system and make you shout profanity at strangers while driving, or watch an absurd amount of television, or something. Wait...

I'm not even interested in your stinky "new features" now, TiVo.
All together now. YOU DO NOT NEED AN APOSTROPHE WHEN YOU ARE MAKING SOMETHING PLURAL. JUST THE S WILL SUFFICE. The apostrophe makes it possessive. Unless that clever let owns something, it does not need an apostrophe. C'mon, y'all. We studied this in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Did y'all not come in that day? That YEAR? Oy.

Be better, TiVo. We are already giving you a pass with your wacky capitalization fetish, after all. People will start to believe you, and add an apostrophe to every end-of-word S. And that, my friends, would be a tragedy.
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