Apostrophe'''''s, when did the rot set in?

[recordman]

Reading these reminded me of a Christmas or two ago when in Essex I happened across a purveyor of floral tributes displaying this sign:

'REEF'S FOR SALE'

[SCEtoAUX]

https://www.mountfieldlawnmowers.co.uk/?gclid=EAIa...

"Ride-On's"

Really?

[simoid]

simoid said:

Do I need to stop watching TV?

[tobinen]

RammyMP said:

Wash the car yourself if you don’t like talking to Eastern European’s!

[Osinjak]

DubsterACS said:

The M3's and M5's I had were great (E36s, E46s, E34s) but the completeness of the 986 S is just staggering...

I don't get it, I just don't get it.

[DibblyDobbler]

Osinjak said:

I don't get it, I just don't get it.

Osinjak said:

Amusingly, they've booked a further appointment in a weeks time if we're not happy and want to return it.

You'll get the hang of it eventually

[K Stand Ken]

dibbly_dobbler said:

No. Just NO.

[Osinjak]

Cambs_Stuart said:

I'm very jealous of your gulf colour'd mid life crisis. Good work!

[jamesson]

skyrover said:

We are critically short of proper SUV's these day's.

[droopsnoot]

Surely this one is in just about the only place that the shortened word should not have one?



(Couldn't get a photo, and this is the clearest shot I could get from Streetview. If it's not clear, I'm referring to the bottom line that says "Municipal Bldg's").

[SCEtoAUX]

[Osinjak]

murray said:

I was told on new'ish cars in good condition...

[DibblyDobbler]

This is fun!

Osinjak said:

2017 RRS

Love:

Comfort on a long journey across Europe.
Double glazing and acoustic glass - peace.
Driving position.

Hate:

It's pitiful reliability, eight dealer visits and three callouts in 9 months.
My perpetual fear that it's going to destroy itself at any given moment.
It's idiosyncratic attitude to my iPhone and CarPlay.

[WJNB]

At the same time as the exclamation mark mostly used for emphasis by amateur writers with limited vocabulary or ability to express themselves.

[DibblyDobbler]

Contrafibularities to you my learned friend!!

WJNB said:

I have made minor modifications & personalisation's to many classic & modern cars including my current sporty daily driver & enjoy a chuckle when at shows witnessing the know-it-all's who like to point out to me or to a chum the errors of my ways.

[Europa1]

DeltonaS said:

Lucky Lewis is a completely different situation, comfortably cruising to victory's and poles.

[Europa1]

I'm conscious I am the most recent poster to this thread, but: is it just me, or is it getting worse? It suddenly seems rife that simple plurals are getting the grocer treatment across PH. It annoys me (possibly beyond reason). It's also a sad indictment of either (a) the UK's education system; or (b) people just not caring to read what they've written before they post it.

I await online evisceration for a mistake I've not spotted.

[rxtx]

There are some posters on this forum (not this thread) who can't tell the difference between a comma and an apostrophe on their keyboard. That amuses me.

[DickyC]

Europa1 said:

I'm conscious I am the most recent poster to this thread, but: is it just me, or is it getting worse? It suddenly seems rife that simple plurals are getting the grocer treatment across PH. It annoys me (possibly beyond reason). It's also a sad indictment of either (a) the UK's education system; or (b) people just not caring to read what they've written before they post it.

I await online evisceration for a mistake I've not spotted.

Predictive text has to take a lot of blame. You type in a plural and without you seeing it an apostrophe appears. And its is just an apostrophe magnet.

[Frank7]

simoid said:

Do I need to stop watching TV?

I’m going way out on a limb here, but if there were 2000 Patriots, Patriots Day seems correct, as a bunch of Patriots were being celebrated, but if there was only one Patriot then perhaps it should be Patriot’s Day.
Take it easy on me, I’ve had a rough day.