Things I wish people knew

• The opposite of "democracy" is NOT "communism", the opposite of "democracy" is "dictatorship"; the opposite of "communism" is "capitalism".
  The first pair describe political systems, the second pair refer to economic models.

• "It's" means "it is", "its" is a possesive pronoun meaning that something belongs to "it". It's a mouse. That's its tail.

• I know this is not the first time I've mentioned this here, but it bears repeating: an apostrophe DOES NOT make anything plural, for the love of all things holy! Stop telling me to "buy book's" or whatever. Buy book's what?! What belongs to this book that I must buy?!

That's the end of my rant for today.

Please STOP!

Grammar police alert.

1. Good is not an adverb. An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. You don't do things "good" - you do them "well". You sing well, you play well, you dance well, you cook well. Please, people, get it right!

2. Conversate is NOT a word. Seriously. It's not. The word is converse. Save a syllable and sound smarter.

3. An apostrophe denotes possession, NOT plurality. Leave the apostrophe out unless it's a contraction or a possessive. If you simply want to say that there is more thatn one, add an "s" or "es", and forget the apostrophe.

That's all for my grammar rant.