November 16, 2007

"I'm feelin' kind of basic today ... "

This may be old news to some of you, but I've seen it a lot lately, in my e-mail in box and beyond:
"I'm going to my parent's house for Thanksgiving."
No no nono nonononono. Unless you mean your parents are no longer sharing a roof, and you do not care to specify which one (Mom's or Dad's) house you are going to, no no nonononoooo. No. It's parents'.

Same goes for sisters or brothers. If you have more than one, and they are collectively owning something (or live together, or whatever) move the apostrophe one space to the right. That's the rule, you turkeys.

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