Garfield by Jim Davis for July 11, 2012
July 10, 2012
July 12, 2012
Transcript:
Garfield: Somebody had their teeth cleaned today.
Garfield: Somebody had their teeth cleaned today.
Aargh! Not here, too! For the love of Pete, “somebody” is a SINGULAR pronoun and “THEIR” is plural! One simply many NOT use a plural possessive pronoun in conjunction with a singular indefinite pronoun. Does no one even bother to learn the most basic, elemental, and essential grammatical conventions any longer? No wonder this society is in such a deplorable state of decline! I am sorry to see that Jim Davis has obviously joined ranks with the uneducated and illiterate readers to whom today’s strip panders.