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Blecht

(3,803 posts) Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:48 AM Jun 2019

PSA: Plural form of nouns ending in -ist

When discussing politics, issues and current events, not using the proper plural form of nouns can cause confusion in the reader.

Racist: Singular form of the word.
Racists: Plural form of the word.
Example of properly using the plural form: Several ignorant racists attend every Donald Trump rally.

I'm only discussing when -ist words appear in writing. Sometimes it's hard to get that "sts" sound out at the end of the word when speaking. It's not hard to hit the s-key one more time.

The same thing applies to the word terrorist.

That is all.

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PSA: Plural form of nouns ending in -ist (Original Post) Blecht Jun 2019 OP

Gee take me bast to grade school. wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #1

Have you been talking to rzemanfl? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #2

This has become my number one pet peeve in recent years. johnp3907 Jun 2019 #3

Mine is: Where you at? LakeArenal Jun 2019 #4

Mine is "needs fixed" Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #5

They're, their, there. The grammar nazi's are here madinmaryland Jun 2019 #6

Wear? Control-Z Jun 2019 #7

Hardly Nazis... LakeArenal Jun 2019 #8

That is a truly odd mistake Codeine Jun 2019 #9

Also, an ellipsis has three dots Codeine Jun 2019 #10

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)

1. Gee take me bast to grade school.

Reply to Blecht (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:52 AM

Jun 2019

I wuznt alweeze the bestest in my class’s

But I got my point across.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

2. Have you been talking to rzemanfl?

Reply to Blecht (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:59 AM

Jun 2019

Wait, no, apostrophe's are hi's thing.

johnp3907

(3,732 posts)

3. This has become my number one pet peeve in recent years.

Reply to Blecht (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 01:17 PM

Jun 2019

But when I try to point it out to people I just get blank stares.

LakeArenal

(28,829 posts)

4. Mine is: Where you at?

Reply to johnp3907 (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 01:24 PM

Jun 2019

Where did you get that at?

Fingernails on a chalkboard for me.

Ms. Toad

(34,082 posts)

5. Mine is "needs fixed"

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 01:46 PM

Jun 2019

needs locked, etc.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)

6. They're, their, there. The grammar nazi's are here

Reply to Blecht (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 02:07 PM

Jun 2019

🙂

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

7. Wear?

Reply to madinmaryland (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 02:09 PM

Jun 2019

Hear?

LakeArenal

(28,829 posts)

8. Hardly Nazis...

Reply to madinmaryland (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 02:39 PM

Jun 2019

These posts are not directed at anyone. Just a general discussion on grammar.

Nazis.... Just toss the word out randomly.

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

9. That is a truly odd mistake

Reply to Blecht (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 03:15 PM

Jun 2019

and yet I see it daily. Drives me up the fucking wall.

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

10. Also, an ellipsis has three dots

Reply to Blecht (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 03:19 PM

Jun 2019

and should be used sparingly. A good number of posts here are just peppered with endless lines of them ten or twelve long, placed entirely at random throughout the body of the message. Where are people learning this behavior?

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