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