Using an Apostrophe to Pluralize a Word...Ugh (similar, sentence, grammar)

[recycled]

Thread title from today in the POC forum:

Public Schools in Denver and Los Angeles become massive drug den's with massive emergency responses due to overdoses

[steiconi]

Originally Posted by recycled

Thread title from today in the POC forum:

Public Schools in Denver and Los Angeles become massive drug den's with massive emergency responses due to overdoses

Massive!
somebody is stuck in the '80s.

oops, 80's. : )

[recycled]

OK, I am impressed with this thread title, where the OP used the correct location for an apostrophe in a plural possessive! Kudos!

Janet Yellen blames Americans' 'splurging' for record-high inflation

[CA4Now]

"There's lot's and lot's of trees even in southern California"

"Palm tree's can withstand much higher winds too"

[gouligann]

How about the plural of you, as in you'se?

I see it all the time and it give's me the crazie's

[CA4Now]

Thread title in my state: "Is Melrose it’s own neighborhood?"

[karlsch]

https://www.gocomics.com/looseparts/2023/02/16

[Unsettomati]

A couple exceptions to the rule:





Also, when referring to a word as a word, in plural. Ex:
"There were 847 the's in the first draft."

[steiconi]

and I've been told it's proper to use 's when pluralizing foreign words.

That came up when we were making a poster, and I objected to someone using "Mahalo's" (thank you's).
She said it was proper for a foreign word.
I pointed out that since we were in Hawaii, it wasn't a foreign word.
A native speaker pointed out that Hawaiians doesn't use plurals like that, and it should just be "mahalo" no matter how grateful you were.
We all enjoyed the conversation, and put a paper flower over the 's.

[tasmtairy]

Originally Posted by retroit

theirs a righting forum four these thing’s.

//www.city-data.com/forum/writing/

specifically: http:////www.city-data.com/forum/wri...g-plurals.html

lol