” haifagirl
Chief of Grammar Enforcement
Commandos
Fly swatter’s what? ”
I knew this title would bring haifagirl out fighting! It’s the apostrophe catastrophe! (That’s what I meant by unnecessary punctuation in my earlier post). Goq use your fly swatter’s to knock off the extra apostrophe!
I’ll give you a free lesson in apostrophe uaeage.
Reader Beware! This is a
grammatically incorrect story.
Please fix the apostrophe catastrophes.
One day, Arnie decided to fulfill his
lifelong dream and start a sign-
making business. His first project for
his business was to create a sign for his new sign company.
Arnie was pleased with his new sign,
and just as he was about to reward
himself with a generous helping of his
rang. It was the grocer, Ennis, and he
needed a sign.
He shoved the last of the pie into his
mouth, grabbed his tools, and made
for the town market.
sign with a gleam of pride in his eyes.
horror
A couple of weeks later, Arnie received
his second business phone call. This
phone call was of particular interest to
Arnie, because it was much larger
than his previous sign-making
endeavors.
glazed over.
The billboard was for the rather shady
town boat dealer, Sal. The dealership
his billboard. He knew that this time
he had the perfect apostrophe
placement.
SENOR SAL’S SUPERCHARGED
SPEEDBOAT DEALERSHIP
town!!
Arnie called Sal over to admire his
work. Arnie noticed that as Sal stared
at the sign, his face grew red and
steam began to shoot from his ears.
READER! Why do you think Sal is
unhappy with the sign??
ANSWERS!!!
Harry Nomore says:
placement indicates that the sign-
making business belongs to more
than one Arnie. And the only other
Arnie in town is Arnie Lumpkin, and
I don’t think you share ownership
with him! Just move the apostrophe
with singular possessive words, the
with plural possessives it follows
Ennis says:
Enni! How utterly embarrassing!
apostrophes, Arnie? When you have
normally form the possessive by
SPEEDBOAT DEALERSHIP
town!!
Sal says:
Why on earth did you put an
personal pronoun, and you never
use an apostrophe to form the
possessive of a pronoun.
SPEEDBOAT DEALERSHIP
Its speedboats are the dandiest in
town!
Haifagirl do I have your approval?