Category Archives: grammarpolice

…and either way our’s sign is gramatically incorrect. Don’t use an apostrophe in ours.

How about a question mark at the end of that… question? Place question marks at the end of an interrogative sentence. Place exclamation points at the end of an exclamatory sentence.

Fixture’s for sale! Bulb’s free with purchase! Pay at one of the register’s at any of our store’s! Don’t use apostrophes (“commas to the top”) to create plural forms of nouns.

A pet peeve of mine: Confusing the homonyms “there” and “their” in writing. The Right Way: “There” indicates location (like “here”), and “their” is a possessive. There is no excuse for confusing the two. If you are speaking of a … Continue reading →