Grammar

I confess, I am a bit of a grammar Nazi. I let myself off the hook more often than I should, and I have most definitely learned the hard way not to correct my friends. They don't think it's helpful or funny.

But what gets me is mistakes from legitimate media. I tend to trust NPR more than any other news source (save the BBC). Today, on the way home, a reporter said something that included highers-up. That's not what she said, though. She said, "higher-ups". Oh, man, that drives me crazy!!

So, for all you out there, it's highers-up, mothers-in-law, and attorneys general. You do not pluralize the modifier, you add the ess to the first word.

Spread the word, so we don't sound as dumb as we surely don't mean to.