Find the Error 42
(Extract adapted from a brochure produced by a
national photo-processing store)
What kind of mistake do you see? (Choose one:)
- apostrophes
- articles
- doesn't make sense
- punctuation
- singular / plural
- spelling
Answer: apostrophes
There shouldn't be an apostrophe in the word 'one's' because this word is the
plural form of 'one'. It doesn't have a possessive relationship with the word
that follows and it isn't part of a verb form (verb 'to be' – 'one is …'). In this
sentence 'ones' refers to the word 'pictures' from the previous sentence and
is in the plural form because 'pictures' is plural – more than one picture. We
can talk about choosing 'the one you want' – which indicates one thing
(singular) or 'the ones you want', depending on whether what you are talking
about (in this case 'your pictures') is singular or plural. The sentence should
read: '... review your pictures on screen and choose the ones you want'.
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