I have long marveled at how Americans (or should I write American's) have difficulty with the simple rules of English. My observation is that it's difficult to underestimate the general ignorance and stupidity of the public, but when I see official signs in major metropolitan airports like this, I cringe:
I mean, Christ, people, this isn't complicated: you add an S to the end of a noun to make it plural, unless it ends in an "S" sound, in which case you add ES. (examples: idiots, morons, bulltards, nitwits, vexations).
My own readers, of course, have no patience for such errors. There is a very well known financial blogger – whom I shan't name – that can't seem to deal with apostrophes. He uses them to make nouns plural, and he uses them to (unnecessarily) make possessive pronouns assert their possessive function. I have stopped frequenting his site altogether since I simply cannot take the mental anguish.
All right. I'm done for now. Go back to work.
