Apostrophe-s at the end of plural words?

actually, I wonder. Is betta one of those words that is both singular and plural in form? Is it in fact much the same as anubias and gourami?
 
That's freaky! Type betta into dictionary.com, and you get no mention of either the plural, or the greek! see also Siamese fighting fish!
 
echoofformless said:
It's just not the same thing in my opinion. Simple mechanical errors or those things that are the result of laziness from those who know better just don't compare to this for some reason. I can't fully explain why it bothers me; it just does. It bothers me because I can't understand the basis for it.

I said in my original post that I can fathom someone using the wrong their, there or they're just out of ignorance or out of absent mindedness. Capitalization requires extra finger action on the keyboard. Punctuation requires a working knowledge of written mechanics.

But adding an apostrophe-s at the end of a plural word is just that ridiculous. It's an unnecessary extra step that is a mistake. So it isn't out of laziness or out of absent mindedness. It's a purposed, deliberate action that undoes the correct form we all learned in early grade school and have been using all of our lives. There really is just no reason for it coming from a grown and educated person's pen.

I'm sorry, but like I said I don't want to sound like a nazi or a fussabout - but this has just begun to drive me a little insane because I can't understand the logic behind it. Most written errors come either from absent mindedness or lack of knowledge; and I just don't see either of those being applicable to this behavior.

So unless someone can point out an actual reason why such a thing is done, I will continue to bang my head against the wall every time I see's it.
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Echo, the reason that people do this is simple. They have poor writing skills. Peroid. They can probably talk a blue streak and are great orators, but when it comes to writing, they're simply lacking in this quality. They obviously have never grasped the concept of this grammar rule (and probably don't really care). Otherwise it would never happen.
 
Ahhh

I could care less, today. I could care less even more tomorrow .

;)
 
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