Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: O'T: APO'STROPHE'S!'!'!

R_Hatch opened this issue on Jan 22, 2011 · 177 posts


FaeMoon posted Sat, 22 January 2011 at 1:55 PM

Quote - > Quote - "Just last month we had given away numerous Renderosity Gift Certificates, Wacom Tablets, Digital Camera's, Ipod's, Software, Flash Drives and much, much more!"

 

I ran that sentence through MS Word Perfect's Grammar Talk. It's a grammatically correct sentence.

Just because a grammar or spell check approves something doesn't mean it is correct.  We depend too much on these tools instead of proof reading with a critical eye and ear.  (If in doubt, read it aloud.  I often catch things if I just read them out loud.)

Camera's  is not the plural of Camera.  It should be Cameras.  If I said, 'The Camera's lens set, then that would be correct because the apostrophe makes it a possessive noun.   Same with most English nouns.   'There are books (plural) on the table.   The book's (possessive) cover is torn.

It's a fairly easy rule, but one followed less and less today.  

Delaney