Corral has 2 r's

[JohnFredC]

I just wanted to point out that "corral" (as in the fenced enclosure) is spelled "corral".

"Coral" (one "r") is the sea creature familiar to NatGeo fans and us scuba/snorkel dudes.

[mouser]

It's a running joke here.. my spelling errors haunt me all my days.

[iberkeley]

Yes, right, 2 rs in the sense you are using it

[iberkeley]

and "rs" is not a possessive but a plural, thusly no apostrophe.   

[mouser]

for more fun see:

• https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2647.0
• https://www.donation....msg113803#msg113803

[JohnFredC]

and "rs" is not a possessive but a plural, thusly no apostrophe.   

-iberkeley (December 02, 2008, 06:13 PM)

 

It is gratifying that proper punctuation and grammar ain't kicked the bucket for some of us, at least.

[cranioscopical]

and "rs" is not a possessive but a plural, thusly no apostrophe.   

-iberkeley (December 02, 2008, 06:13 PM)

It is correct usage when the apostrophe is used to avoid ambiguity.
One might make a case for it in "r's".

[mouser]

nice one chris.  can you site cite an authority for that?

ps.
i'm guessing chris must own "Fowler's Modern English", one of my favorite books on the planet, but if not, I know what i'm getting him for xmas.

[Deozaan]

"cite" 

[mouser]

DAMN IT!!
you'd really think i'd have that one down by now.

[cranioscopical]

DAMN IT!!
you'd really think i'd have that one down by now.

-mouser (December 02, 2008, 10:42 PM)

I don't really believe that we would think that, for saying which I'll cite having sight of your site. 

[cranioscopical]

can you cite an authority for that?

-mouser (December 02, 2008, 10:34 PM)

Not immediately, I don't find the need to keep style manuals on my desktop 

In the meantime, I think you should mind your p's and q's!

[housetier]

this is mouser's natural lolspeak I guess.

[cyberdiva]

nice one chris.  can you site cite an authority for that?

-mouser (December 02, 2008, 10:34 PM)

The Blair Handbook, 3rd edition (2000) says that one should "use an apostrophe and an -s to form the plural of letters, numerals, and symbols" (p. 681).  Patricia T. O'Conner's delightful book Woe is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English agrees.