Apostrophe misuse got the most votes in Grammarly’s Grammar Madness competition for Most Maddening Writing Error.
Mis-postrophization was my pick [woot!], and my favorite editor’s biggest bane . . . he once pulled over, parked and went into a theatre’s box office to report the appalling apostrophization of the venue’s show sign out in front: a musical tribute to blues singer Fat’s Waller. Ack.
Geocache got the most votes in Hasbro’s Scrabble Word Showdown. This noun-verb combo will become the newest entry in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s Online Official Scrabble Players Dictionary [redundancy much?].
Geocaching, FYI, is a real-world, outdoor treasure-hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and try to find the geocache (container) hidden at the location.
Oh, well, zen and woot [woot!] – next year is another year.
Now go have a wonderful weekend, full of appropriate apostrophizing & geocaching fun!
