Grammar 101, ... or, pet peeves Options

[agrippa]

Here's a place for us to bore eachother to death about grammar. I'll go first.

I. POSSESSIVES AND PLURALS

Most nouns are made plural by the addition of 's' or 'es'.
computer -> computers
house -> houses

Some nouns have irregular plurals.
mouse -> mice
fish -> fish

A noun is never made plural with an apostrophe.

The apostrope and 's' are used to show possession.
Ron's (belonging to Ron)
Ginny's (belonging to Ginny)

However, pronouns have their own possessive forms:
his (belonging to him)
hers (belonging to her)
theirs (belonging to them)
its (belonging to it; it's means 'it is')

[Miss Trickster]

My biggest pet peeve has got to be saying "said," too much. For intance...

"Hi," said Bob.

"Hi," said Jake.

"How are you?" Bob said.

"I'm alright," said Jake.

:devil: There are plenty of other words besides "said,": replied, asked, commented... But I guess that isn't really grammatic... Here's one grammatic one: "it's" and "its." <_< Now THAT is annoying.