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Is 'ies' now singular and 'y's' obsolete?

7 replies

campion · 27/11/2021 20:48

I'm beginning to wonder as I keep seeing eg 'my babies got a temperature'; 'nobodies going to like me'; 'the journies too long' etc etc.

Is this the new 'your' which seems to have replaced ' you're', presumably because apostrophes are a bit of an inconvenience?

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KaptainKaveman · 27/11/2021 20:51

No! This must not be allowed to happen. I can't bear lazy grammar.

KaptainKaveman · 27/11/2021 20:52

Or even 'grammer'.

ellenpartridge · 27/11/2021 20:52

Definitely not. Haven't seen this at all and it's so obviously wrong that it surely wouldn't be used by most people!

campion · 27/11/2021 21:04

That's a reasonable assumption @ellenpartridge but the evidence is growing, I regret to say.

Maybe I just gravitate to the wrong threads repeatedly

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Looneytune253 · 27/11/2021 21:08

Never ever ever seen 'journies'

BobbieT1999 · 27/11/2021 21:09

I haven't noticed this at all. I'm far from a grammar pedant and have noticed other ugly "differences" in written language on this site but not that one.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 18/12/2021 21:36

@KaptainKaveman

Or even 'grammer'.
You were right: writingexplained.org/grammar-or-grammer-difference
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