Comments on: We do Mom’s and Dad’s http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/01/we-do-moms-and-dads.html Links and visuals illustrating an orthographic pet peeve. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/01/we-do-moms-and-dads.html#comment-3406 Anonymous Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/01/we-do-moms-and-dads.html#comment-3406 We Do Mom's and Dad's (Hair cuts) too. <br/><br/>NOT: "We do [have sexual intercourse with] mom's and dad's. In which case the apostrophe use would be wrong as it indicates ownership. Mom's and Dad's what? ... "hair cuts" is the answer.<br/><br/>This is just an object omission. The use of apostrophe with the absence of an object is correct via omission of obvious information. For instance: - the place is obviously a hair salon. I am a grammar teacher. 5 years now. We Do Mom’s and Dad’s (Hair cuts) too.

NOT: “We do [have sexual intercourse with] mom’s and dad’s. In which case the apostrophe use would be wrong as it indicates ownership. Mom’s and Dad’s what? … “hair cuts” is the answer.

This is just an object omission. The use of apostrophe with the absence of an object is correct via omission of obvious information. For instance: – the place is obviously a hair salon. I am a grammar teacher. 5 years now.

]]> By: Drew http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/01/we-do-moms-and-dads.html#comment-3374 Drew Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:42:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/01/we-do-moms-and-dads.html#comment-3374 "Sounds like somebody sat on a frog" is what my dad used to say when we were kids and someone farted... “Sounds like somebody sat on a frog” is what my dad used to say when we were kids and someone farted…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/01/we-do-moms-and-dads.html#comment-3372 Anonymous Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:41:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2009/01/we-do-moms-and-dads.html#comment-3372 Re "childrens' haircuts": please hand in your apostrophe licence to the nearest grammar teacher. Thank you. Re “childrens’ haircuts”: please hand in your apostrophe licence to the nearest grammar teacher. Thank you.

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