I need your help here. My son disputes my contention that there is a grammar gaffe in the following:
Your input would be greatly appreciated as I hate to be contradicted by a 12 year old...especially if he is right!
Di
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Should be "hundreds of ballplayers' autographs."
Posted by: Karen | July 12, 2008 at 07:49 PM
what Karen said.
And what about "grounds crew"? I think an apostrophe after "grounds" would certainly be in order.....grounds' crew
Living near Philly, I see the name of this facility all the time, and I really hate seeing Veterans Stadium without an apostrophe at the end of Veterans.
Posted by: joAnn | July 13, 2008 at 12:11 AM
"Ballplayer's" would be the singular, right? And yet hundreds makes it not so singular.
Posted by: leigh | July 14, 2008 at 08:21 AM
Not sure about grammar but I do see one, maybe 2, errors of punctuation. It should be " ballplayers' " and it may not apply because it is a proper noun, not a common noun, but should it be " Veterans' " ?
Posted by: Nicholas | July 16, 2008 at 03:26 AM
Um, was there just one player's autograph? Ballplayers'...you were totally right!
Posted by: ilinap | July 20, 2008 at 08:36 PM
I concur. The sign seems to be implying that one ballplayer autographed the walls hundreds of time.
Posted by: raych | July 21, 2008 at 04:08 PM