I noticed this sign a week or so ago during
Mackinac Island's annual Fudge Festival.
Oh Rybas, did you forget
how to make plurals?
how to make plurals?
Remember, when a word ending
in a consonant + y is changed into a plural,
the y is dropped and ies is added to the end.
Mummy becomes mummies.
Baby becomes babies.
Family becomes families.
Journey becomes journeys.
(It does! Look again - there is no consonant before the y.)
So, taffy becomes taffies.
I have to admit it - I am that person.
I do feel the uncontrollable urge to silently correct
the grammar on signage.
Most of the time the issue the incorrect
use of an apostrophe, but that's a rant for
a different day.
That said, I freely admit that I do
occasionally make mistakes, and
I try to be gracious when I am corrected.
occasionally make mistakes, and
I try to be gracious when I am corrected.
I enjoy your posts so much. Thanks for the little uplifts from the island.
ReplyDeleteOnce gave my son a t-shirt that said "I am silently judging your grammar". He got a big kick out of that one.