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')

[zymurgy]

YAY! Grammer pet peaves...

For me, it's who/whom. I hate it when people mess that up. And not that it would come up here, but when people say things like "with Jupiter" when it ought to be "With Jove" I simply get annoyed. As for general writing, elipses in droves drive me crazy. In dialougue, point granted, they do have a point, but when someone writes, "She was coming up.... He saw her.... they met...." I fail to see the charm.