History Main / TheBigListOfBooboosAndBlunders

** Who loves me? He loves me. I love whom? I love him.

* The plural of "penis" is "penises" (or "penes" if you're a real stickler for the Latin). It's not the same as the singular, nor is it "penii" or any variation on that, no matter how much funnier that construction is.[[hottip:note:If you must know, the '-ii' pluralization only works for words that end in '-ius'. You can have a single Toyota Prius or multiple Toyota Prii, but if you have penii ''or'' a penus you should really consult your doctor.]]

** [[http://cardhaus.com/images/db2-en246.jpg Or vice versa.]] Pharaonic Guardian was a dark time for ''YuGiOh!'' fans.

** This treatment of plural possessives is not consistent, varying depending on the grammar and style guide used. Many will have all plural possessives that end in 's' be pluralized by simply adding an apostrophe -- thus, "dogs' toys," "clouds' shapes," or "James' party." Irregular plurals ending in letters other than 's' are pluralized by adding "'s" to the end -- thus, "women's clothing," "people's choice," or "octopi's tentacles." This method seems to be falling out of favor though, replaced by the "always 's" method.
** An exception to the rule are things belonging to an "it" -- they are referred to as "its" possessions, not "it's" possessions.

* The plural of "penis" is "penises" (or "penes" if you're a real stickler for the Latin). It's not the same as the singular, nor is it "penii" or any variation on that, no matter how much funnier that construction is.[[hottip:note:If you must know, the '-ii' pluralization only works for words that end in '-us'. You can have a single Toyota Prius or multiple Toyota Priii, but if you have penii ''or'' a penus you should really consult your doctor.]]

* "Felicity" for "facility".

** An exception to the rule are things belonging to an "it" -- they are referred to as "its" possesions, not "it's" possessions.

** On the other hand, when referring to possesives of anything ''other'' then an "it", the apostraphe ''should'' be used. For example, "John's" can be either "John is" or "something belonging to John". "Johns" is just a plural.

* Another pluralization issue: No word, other than individual characters and '''''[[YourMileageMayVary maybe]]''''' numerals and initialisms -- i.e., no word ''at all'' written as a series of letters representing sounds -- is pluralized with an apostrophe. You can have forty cakes, but never forty cake's (unless the forty cakes do own something... iceing, perhaps). God help you if you combine this with the above and conjure up the abomination "story's" when you mean "stories". The apostrophe-S construction is possessive.

** An exception to the rule are things belonging to an "it" - they are referred to as "its" possesions, not "it's" possesions.

* Another pluralization issue: No word, other than individual characters and '''''[[YourMileageMayVary maybe]]''''' numerals and initialisms -- i.e., no word ''at all'' written as a series of letters representing sounds -- is pluralized with an apostrophe. You can have forty cakes, but never forty cake's. God help you if you combine this with the above and conjure up the abomination "story's" when you mean "stories". The apostrophe-S construction is possessive.

** This confusion was deliberately used as a pun by the management of Windsor Greyhound Track, whose restaraunt was called "Eton Gambol" (Eton being the name of the local district -- yes, as in the famous public school).

* "eye" (organ of vision) for "aye" (agreement from a pirate)