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Originally Posted by Glice
The reason for the apostrophe, albeit wrong, is that many of us were taught that the apostrophe tells us when things have been omitted - like the 'o' in 'haven't'. In the case of CDs, the logic is that the 'isc' of 'disc' has been omitted prior to its pluralisation. It's a very common mistake, but I feel it's a little remiss to criticise it. I'm all for the onward-thrust of grammatical-Nazism via internet message boards, but please people, let's head for the grave offenders rather than the odd typo/ forgivable mistake.
*EDIT: I <3 HYPHENS. MORE PLEASE.
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By no means does internet messageboard grammar have to pass a fucking English professor's inspection or be held up to undue scrutiny.
But, on the other hand, I am just trying to assist the writer and those reading by informing them of the improper usage because I see otherwise good writers (people that are attempting to write well, and for that I'm glad) making these types of grammatical mistakes all the time on this board.
It's good to do away with bad writing habits and not reinforce them. Your parents might have had to break their backs to send you to a good school at some point or to move to an area with highly regarded public schools, for instance, and to pay that back with poor grammar is an insult to them and displays a lack of respect for yourself as well.
Just try and submit a resume for a real position that's riddled with such errors. People hiring see goofs like that and immediately toss your shit as a result.