Does it bother you when someone puts a "s" on a words like Kroger or Walmart and say " I'm going to Krogers or Walmarts. "?
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ANSWERS: 24
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Yes, that is one of my pet peeves.
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Meh, not really.
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No. I was going to say this was a silly question, I got a little chuckle, but it obviously bothers you.
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"a words"? Seriously, check your own grammar before you get pissed off over someone else's.
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that deff. would piss me off but its never happened
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Yes, my husband does it all the time..I said:"just because Lowes ends in an S doesn't mean everything does!
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LOL, I do it all the time so no.
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It bothers me as well.
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No it doesnt bother me and I get a little chuckle for the day if they happen to add the..like I am going to the walmarts..LOL :)
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Interesting question. I think the possessive is implied, as in "I'm going over to Joe's," meaning, I'm going to Joe's house." If Kroger is the company that owns the store, it isn't strange to say "I'm going to Kroger's [store]," omitting the last word, 'store.' For some reason it doesn't seem to work with many names like Target or Walmart, or Safeway. I've never heard anyone say Target's, Walmart's, Safeway's, Kentucky Fried Chicken's, or Circuit City's. Maybe it's used (unconsciously) when it's a real person's name, like "Kroger's," since there (probably) was a guy named Kroger. It works for Fred Meyer's, Macy's, and Dillard's. Very curious.
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Yes it does. It maybe shouldn't but it does. Something else that bothers me is when they put "ed" on a word that is already past tense.
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it makes me madder then crap
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No, only bed=cause my daughter used to call H-E-B, H-E-Bs. This was when she was little. But I laughed every time she did it, I couldn't get mad!
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It bothers me a lot more when someone doesn't take the time or care to write a question coherently...Did you mean "a word like" or "words like? Why didn't you make that clear in the question?
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I can barely care less to be honest. Maybe they are going to more than one building of the same chain?
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It bothers me more when they use a "s" instead of an "s."
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lmao my dad does that all the time
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I could barely care less. Let people follow people's wishes as they like it here on Answerbags.
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Sheeet! I grew up in a backward Pennsylvania town. Got used to this kinda thing early on! ;-)
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Drives me crazy, ugh!!!!!!!!!!
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Around here people like to say "shrips" I just think there dumb and kinda got used to hearing it. :(
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No... I don't get annoyed that easily.
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lol, wow angry people, I say just answer the dang question, and not attack to person who asked it. If you don't like it move on.
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No, the Importance Is that I understand were they are going from the two!!
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