Raining on your parade

Don’t mean to rain on the writer’s parade, but this article from Yahoo! TV‘s “Primetime in No Time” contains a few errors, including a missing apostrophe:

… as well as an incorrect plural and cap (the plural of mom is moms — no apostrophe required).   The question mark, without question, should be a period. Did I mention the homophonic error? That you’re Mom should be your mom. As much as you love your mom, if the word is preceded by your, it doesn’t get a capital letter:

The rule applies to other relatives, too. If they’re preceded by a modifier like good or my, then dad, mother, and father shouldn’t  be capitalized:

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2 Responses to “Raining on your parade”

  1. Rainbow Bright Says:

    Thanks! I never knew when to capitalize “mom” and “dad” before! Great blog, too!

  2. google Says:

    I liked your article is an interesting technology
    thanks to google I found you


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