I love you all, but Ohana is NOT an Irish Pub!

[sleepydog25]

Actually, no. Possessive of plural Jones would be Joneses'. The Joneses' house. Jones's or Jones' would indicate something belongs to only one Jones, not more than one Jones.

Well, that's partially true. . . If you take the Jones as a single group, then it is okay to use Jones'. However, I didn't make that distinction clear and mixed my examples to be sure. Actually, for my students, I was happy when they made any attempt to use the possessive form.

 

[richard_andmel]

Things like other people's grammar or misuse of words don't really bother me, but, I used to have a co-worker who thought it was Old Timer's disease instead of Alzheimer's disease (and we worked at a hospital). I often wondered if she really thought the medical and scientific communities would be so cruel.

I think this is my mom's biggest pet peeve. She once heard someone who worked for one of the Alzheimer's foundations refer to it as Old Timer's and I thought she was going to blow a gasket.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

Well, that's partially true. . . If you take the Jones as a single group, then it is okay to use Jones'. However, I didn't make that distinction clear and mixed my examples to be sure. Actually, for my students, I was happy when they made any attempt to use the possessive form.

What if their last name is Jone?

It's all relative.

English punctuation was first formalized by one man, who thought everyone should write and spell the way he did. He wrote a book, and it worked since he was friends with the king. Anyhow, it's SOOOOO artificial. I think that's why English punctuation and spelling make such little sense. At least that's what one of my college professors told me.

Again, I think some people are infusing dialect into this discussion. The truth is that all of us speak with a certain amount of dialect and variation of pronunciation. Anyone who doesn't speak the way we do sounds wrong to us. Ask an Australian if we speak proper English, and I'm sure all of us Americans would get an earful. A skilled person in linguistics can pin each of us down to the town or county where we were born based on variations in how we speak, it doesn't really make one right over the other - just more widely used. While I agree there are mistakes that people make (sure there is a proper way to spell Spoodles), their are also constant changes that happen over time. Dialect means our language can adapt - without variations and the ability to change, our language would be dead. The French once attempted to outlaw use of the word "weekend." The world laughed. Taking offense over almost any slang seems equally futile to me - with the exception of certain offensive slurs, perhaps. Even there, the polite words we use today will be probably seem offensive tomorrow, just as polite words from yesterday seem antiquated or offensive today.

Furthermore, proper French, Italian and Spanish are really all just corruptions of Latin. English - especially American English - is even more of a linguistic mutt. So it's all relative. Just ask the Australians or the French.

 

[HopperFan]

An open door so I'm stepping in........with all good intentions.

The one that bothers me the most on the board is the reference to the AKL and Savannah.............it has no Savannahs !!!!!

That would be a city in Georgia and these days a common girl's name.

It is spelled savanna there is no "h".

And if I ever typed it wrong, I apologize, I have several little Savannahs in my life

 

[lisabelll]

The one that bothers me the most on the board is the reference to the AKL and Savannah.............it has no Savannahs !!!!!

That would be a city in Georgia and these days a common girl's name.

It is spelled savanna :

I had to go and check this one, since I refer to it as Savannah. Here is the cut and paste of the quotes on rates at AKL:
Deluxe
Savannah View $350 $395 $460 $525 n/a
Water or Pool View $295 $340 $400 $455 n/a

Standard
Savannah View $285 $330 $380 $430 n/a
Water or Pool View $230 $270 $325 $365 n/a
Standard View $205 $249 $299 $335 n/a


And let me add, the one that drives me crazy is "pacifically" instead of specifically. I have often stated that it was very different from atlantically What is worse is that my DH says it ALL THE TIME!!!

Darn it, where is the spell check, I need spell check?!?!!