Ok, what the hell is wrong with you bloggers? And by YOU, I mean everyone on the internet, not my dear readers. Let’s go over this again: fish is the plural of fish; it is not ‘fishes’. Well I guess it can be, but it really shouldn’t. :)
An apostrophe does not follow something that should be plural just because it happens to look nicer. For instance, it’s not “I have 10 DVD’s,” it’s DVDs. Does it look a bit weird? Yes, but it is correct.
In addition, you are supposed to do something, not suppose to do it. I know I don’t have perfect grammar, but I learned the basics in school and they should not be that difficult to remember.
Another pet peeve of mine: people who break up a single thought into several incoherent sentences. It’s called a comma! Learn it, use it, love it. Here is a list of interactive quizzes you can take to hone your grammar skills. Call me a dork, but I love this stuff!
I have no doubt I’m guilty of all that you listed! I try, really I (kind of) do, but most of the time I’m trying to post as quickly as I can and don’t really read over what I just typed.
I hate when people write dvd’s or cd’s. We just got some signs made up at work and a new guy we hired a few weeks ago had them made up saying dvd’s and cd’s…idiot.