Schreiben Sie rechts! [Was: Re: Work In KC Area?]

[Zscoundrel]

That sounds more like spelling to me, but I will let that slide. . . .

Monty J. Harder wrote:

>"Zscoundrel" <zscoundrel at kc.rr.com> wrote:
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>>>>There.  I'm the freaking Grammar Nazi.
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>>Cool.  This list sure could use a couple more gramme Nazi's!!!
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>Uh.  The plural, non-possessive form of a word (such as "Nazi") generally
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>Notable exception - when forming the plural of the name of a letter, the
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>That's English grammar of course.  But if you wanted to make the case that
>"Nazi" is actually a German word, you'd be on even shakier ground, as that
>language uses apostrophes neither to indicate plural nor possession!
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>Ich heiße «Der Grammatiknazi».
>Schreiben Sie richtig!
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