To get so annoyed reading plural words where the writer has used an apostrophe?

[missmouse101]

I can't take much more of this; it ruins whatever I am reading. It has become so common and I have no idea why? Do people not want to get it right? It is puppies, families, hobbies, butchers, bakers, potatoes if you are writing about more than one. If you are writing about one (for example the puppy's paw, then the apostrophe is indeed correct.) I am probably BU in letting it affect me so much but I just had to vent!

Oh my, now I'm not even using brackets correctly....

Ye's I agree

Ha. I meant to type 'mums' in a thread earlier and my phone's autocorrect changed it to 'mum's' without me noticing.
I did correct my mistake in an immediate second post but the damage was probably already done and someone out there now presumes me to be an illiterate idiot

Personally minor grammar and spelling errors don't bother me online. It could be caused by anything from autocorrect gone rogue to a person having severe dyslexia, so I try not to judge.
When people use words incorrectly though... that's a whole different issue!

It is a disease that afflicts most people in my office. An awful thing to see.

I agree but autocorrect does not sometimes, leading to incorrect apostrophe embarrassment.

As has already been said, I don't mind it so much online as autocorrect can always catch people out. The ones I've seen that really annoy me have been when DD brought home a worksheet from school which was titled "animal's" (not made by the school, but they had found it online and printed it off) and a local business which has "craft's" written on their sign.

I agree with you in principle. But depending on context, baker's or butcher's might be correct if they refer to the baker's or butcher's shop. so - "I'm going to the baker's" (the shop) is correct. "I'm going to the bakers" means going to visit the bakers (the people).

It's rampant. I have to proof read stuff in work and am alway writing "Plurals don't need apostrophes" but it doesn't seem to register. I sometimes wonder if I need to explain what a plural is. I see it on tv adverts and job adverts so it's not always autocorrect.

I judge. Hugely.

I have a "friend" who will often text "Are you taking the boy's to the park" or "Just need to grab some apple's from the shop".

It's not a typo. Far too frequent for that. They are just pig-thick.

I couldn't give two shit's

Point of dis ear langwage is too communication the massage. Providing that gits across, Nd it ain't not no academical paper, who gives a shiny shitey?

Swedish Edith yes you fo nerd to explain what plural means. I used to teach MFL and it got so that I would ask the class who knew what plural meant (a handful knew) before I went on to teach how to make plurals in German!

Daisy, yes naturally I agree with you, using your examples. It shows possession, for example the shop of the (one) butcher (the butcher's.) I am referring to those genuine plurals in which people love to stick an apostrophe. Such as "my friend's and I all rent our house's".

Dare I say it, but I know the worst culprits won't even read a thread like this. I'd love to help someone understand how it works, if they are genuinely confused. It's so nice to communicate clearly! I just wish I could stop feeling rage when I spot it.

You're probably right, clary. Just seems so patronising.

Ye's I agree

I do judge quietly, I must admit. I don't lose sleep over it anymore though.

I quietly judge and inwardly eye roll. This is taught in year 2 in schools and revised frequently throughout primary school.
DS is 10 and he is often puzzled by incorrect signs in shops etc.

Drives me mad too! Just saw another thread containing family's and party's 😐

The grocer's apostrophe has a long and honourable pedigree.

Down a local side street we have a shop emblazoned with 'James and James High Class Butcher's'. I silently add 'shop' to the end every time I pass, which helps ease the pain somewhat.

Done in beautiful Victorian glazed tiles, so nothing new there.

Walk along this narrow residential street to the main road to be greeted by a modern road sign advising 'Unsuitable for HGV's'. I silently add 'what?' to the end every time I pass, but to no avail.

It is one if my bug bears. My staff know that the reports they send to me to quality control must be grammatically correct and in paricular correct use of apostrophies. I have been known to go into a rage where there has been repeat offending. It’s not difficult to get it right.

Thing is, I would say of course good grammar is important, but tbh, I find it a chore doing it 'all properly', when it's only really necessary to do so in the work place, school, college, uni, or an important letter. Or teaching your children.

Has anyone seen the advert on this Mumsnet for Adaptil Puppy training chemical thing? I saw it come up last night and it said “Adaptil helps puppy’s learn” ffs.

I started to email them on their website but giving my contact details was mandatory so I didn’t bother. How much did they pay for an advert that makes them look thick though?

This annoys me greatly in general. It seems to be a particular problem when words end in a vowel like “panini’s” or, as repeatedly on a thread yesterday, “chino’s” .....just....why would there be an apostrophe??

Oh, ”Unsuitable for HGV's" makes me absolutely killy, because I drive one.

You can argue that as the V is short for vehicle, then the apostrophe is in place of the missing “ehicle.” I don’t like it though...

@shopping The chino's on that thread were driving me mad!

Its an obsession with me tbh, but I'm over commenting on other peoples. Its not really a problem other than where the meaning is important but unclear: 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' and all that.