This is a blog about language—word and phrase origins, grammar and punctuation, writing tips, language use, misuse and abuse, as well as words in general. Brought to you by an expatriate instructor of English. It is concerned with mainly English, as well as the way English interacts with other languages. http://www.smallpressexchange.com Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:11:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.smallpressexchange.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=my-biggest-grammatical-pet-peeve.html&Itemid=99999999 <p>A&nbsp;note on my biggest grammatical pet-peeve: <br /><br />When you&#39;re talking about the 1990s, or the 1830s, or the 1250s, you&#39;re not talking about something that belongs to the year 1990, or 1830, or 1250. So unless your sentence reads, &quot;Britney Spears&#39; Hit Me Baby One More Time&#39; was 1250&#39;s #1 single,&quot; don&#39;t add an apostrophe between &quot;0&quot; and &quot;s.&quot; It isn&#39;t required at all!</p><p>I know a better way to teach kids grammar: teach them [...] stevenl Grammar http://www.smallpressexchange.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=funny-company-photo.html&Itemid=99999999 <p>This just cracked me up. Apparently the company photo didn&#39;t turn out exactly as planned!</p><p><img src="images/116/funnyphoto.jpg" alt="funnyphoto.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" width="550" height="562" align="baseline" /></p><p>I&#39;m still luaging haha...</p> stevenl Miscellaneous