written language pet peeves
I don't care what technical arguments you might make to disagree with me. You are wrong. I am right. 🙂 ❤️ Also language is not fixed. It varies by region and context and i don't care IM RIGHT.
Good: I'm an atheist, but I like Jesus's message.
Bad: I'm an atheist, but I like Jesus' message
No "s" after the apostrophe has really taken over the last few years and i hate it with a fiery passion. You don't need an "s" when the word is plural, like "clean the dogs' bowls" (multiple dogs who each have a bowl). There is one Jesus in the above example. And I'm pretty sure plural Jesus would be "Jesuses".
Also how stupid would it be to write "I like Mike' hard lemonade". It's "Mike's hard lemonade" and leaving the s off here is just as dumb as it is with "Jesus's hard lemonade." (Jesus made wine not lemonade) Also "hard lemonade" should be a lemonade popsicle not an alcoholic beverage.
Good: Call the Attorney General's office.
Bad: Call the Attorney's General office.
John Oliver is to blame for this one. He claimed there's a right way to say this, and he told us all it is the bad way, and I've seen it repeated extensively since his video. "Attorney General" is a person who typically leads the state's legal wing. "Attorney's General" is a General who commands an attorney. Yaknow. Cuz "Attorney's" is posessive.
Though he might have advocated for the bad plural, not the bad posessive.
Good: The Attorney Generals in several states have sued boars for trampling on toes.
Bad: The Attorneys General in several states have sued boars for trampling on toes.
Don't ask me about the boars. Any way you work this, the s after "Attorney" is wrong and stupid and bad and if you disagree, so are you. (Love you ❤️)
Good: Ya'll agree with me.
Bad: Y'all agree with me.
Yeah. I'm objectively and morally wrong on this one. "Ya'll" is a contraction for "You all". The "ou " is removed so that's where the apostrophe goes. Ya'll gonna just have to suffer through this one the same way i suffer through "Jesus' message". God it hurts just to write that.