question for grammar grinches

[Crankin]

As an English teacher, it kills me to see people put apostrophes when it is just a plural, not a contraction or posessive. I think some of us think that every time a word ends in an "s" that it needs an apostrophe....
The dos and don'ts are tricky, because that is sort of a slang expression, so what Denise read from the dictionary is the advice i would give students who were using it in a writing piece. And yes, numbers below ten should be spelled out.

Ha, I clearly remember Miss Francis. I think I must have been about three. And Romper Room. The "teacher" who was on the show in the Boston area was named Miss Jeanne. And for those of you MA people, anyone for Rex Trailer and a trip to Boomtown? I remember when I first moved back here in 1990, we were driving in Waltham and saw Rex Trailer's production company on a storefront, with his name on it. I got very excited, but my husband could not understand what the big deal was about a kid's TV show. I was addicted to that show until I was about nine.

[DebW]

If you're asking because of a work issue, be aware that many companies that deal in writing have official style manuals, where these questions might be answered. Or then again, they might not.

If you're publishing in a journal, the journal will have it's own style guidelines to remove the ambiguities of the English language. For example, temperatures reported in Kelvin should not contain the degree symbol, and there should be a space between the number and the "K", as in "298 K".

Was she the one with the magic mirror that could see you? And she'd be lookin' through the dammm thing (no glass), saying kids' names?

That sumbich freaked me right out!

She just bored me silly. Never could deal with sickly-sweet women, even as a tot. I did like Mr. Green Jeans on Captain Kangaroo. And I loved "Diver Dan", the guy in the hard-hat diving suit. It was probably filmed in a 10 gallon aquarium with little action figures, but at least there was action.