Monday, April 6, 2009

now it's possesive, now it's not.

I don't have an image to go with this post—partly because I still don't know how to work the camera on my phone, partly because I didn't want to spend $4 on a celebrity magazine.

I saw this headline at the magazine mecca in Barnes & Noble:

"Robert's jealous of other cast members"

which means "Robert is" but sounds like a possessive. In this case, since clarity is an issue, the cover blurb should read "Robert is" to make sure the reader knows that "jealous" is not a noun (f they didn't already...).

cheers

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