Also, can we talk about people who put a comma before a conjunction? I see people all the time on here say things like "Applause, Drunk In Love, and Shake It Off are garbage" when they mean "Applause, Drunk In Love and Shake It Off are garbage." A comma before a conjunction is the same thing as a semi-colon.
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Originally posted by duybeeGAshantiGA
Are these really wrong coz I always thought its right like that
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They are incorrect. Think of it this way:
Spears - singular. In the English language, a last name is often used as a nickname for someone. "Spears scored another #1 debut."
Spears's - singular possessive. "This is Britney Spears's dog."
Spearses - plural. "If you go to the trailer park, you can see the forgotten Spearses."
Spears' - plural possessive. "These are the Spears' 33 teeth with 32 of them belonging to Britney."
English would be really ****ed if we made the singular possessive and plural possessive the exact same.