Well, it was difficult to get anything accomplished today since the whole world was talking about Michael Jackson -- except for this hippie woman whom I witnessed hearing the news for the first time in Dunkin' Donuts at noon. Clearly, this woman doesn't own a TV, or even a radio. Speaking of the radio, I went to the Web site of Boston's top 40 station, Kiss 108, to see what the morning show folks had to say about the issue. Much to my chagrin, I found an apostrophe catastrophe on Matty in the Morning's homepage.
Why does Lisa's Fashion Tips get an apostrophe but Billy's entertainment report doesn't? Poor Billy. They always make fun of him on the air, and they can't even get the punctuation in his name right.
But I'll keep listening because you guys make me laugh every morning.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson Catastrophe
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6 comments:
Um... shouldn't it be Dunkin' Donuts? I guess apostrophe catastrophes can happen to the best of us... :)
"hippie"
"Why DO Lisa's fashion tips..."
Oh, jeez. Remind me to not drink while updating my blog.
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"hippie"
"Why DO Lisa's fashion tips..."
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You're wrong. If you were referring to the fashion tips themselves, then your proposed sentence would be correct. But since "Lisa's Fashion Tips" is referring to a show (singular), then "Why does..." is correct. You can test correct usage by replacing "Lisa's Fashion Tips" with the words "the show." Of course, you wouldn't say, "Why do the show..."
Yes, the previous commenter is correct. "Lisa's Fashion Tips" is the name of a segment on the show. I'm not talking about the tips themselves.
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