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')

[agrippa]

My parents always did just like Agrippa. "I don't know, CAN you?"

{The other fun lesson they shared... I'd be racing around the house trying to school on time and not able to find some integral pice of clothing, like my coat... If asked where my coat was the stock answer, "Last time I wore it I left it out in the barn." Which is incredibly frustrating when what was needed was a little assitance... but it did teach us to put things in their propper places rather efficiently.}

The other thing I like to say when kids say "Can I go to the bathroom?" is to say "Not in here."

Nothing to do with grammar, but very funny nonetheless.