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Your nitpicks are absolutely welcome! Re: sizing: interesting, that’s the first report of it failing, I indeed should do a require desktop version. Are you tal

Your nitpicks are absolutely welcome! Re: sizing: interesting, that’s the first report of it failing, I indeed should do a require desktop version. Are you talking about the landing page or the app? The app uses javascript to detect, the landing page uses page width. Re:spelling, plural of proper nouns should use apostrophes I think, no? Eg “how many Airbnb’s did you book”. I’m not sure if making those proper nouns was the right choice, I wanted to highlight that they were terms in the app. Anyway, thank you for the kind words and feedback!

halfdan 7y ago
Apostrophe-s marks possession. Plurals of regular nouns are always formed without apostrophes. Plural of Airbnb is Airbnbs. Compare this to "Airbnb's fifth year was terrific" where the apostrophe marks possession. Whose fifth year was terrific? Airbnb's.
- alixanderwang 7y ago
  Wow why did I think proper nouns used apostrophes for plurals, oof. Fixed. Thank you and OP of comment!
  - tyingq 7y ago
    Probably because of weird rules like "children's room" and "four cows' pasture", then the contrary notion that "it's" is incorrect for possessive form because "it is" already used for a contraction of "it is". English sucks.
    - alxlaz 7y ago
      I'm not a native English speaker and the fact that this is such a common error among native speakers baffles me because the rules that govern these things are very simple. Conventions about when to omit the 's' after the apostrophe differ from one set of guidelines to another (see e.g. https://www.dailywritingtips.com/possessive-of-proper-names-ending-in-s/ https://www.dailywritingtips.com/possessive-of-proper-names-... ), but that's the only non-uniform thing about it. There's nothing weird about "it's" being incorrect. Pronouns have their own possessive forms. You say her keyboard is white, not she's keyboard is white, and his shirt is yellow, not he's shirt is yellow -- why would you say it's collar is white? You guys have no idea how easy English is, you should be happy about it and love it and cherish it forever! My native language has a phonetic alphabet, so it's easier to figure out how to pronounce words (i.e. no "lead men in battle" vs "the pipes are made of lead" bullshit). But forming possessives for plurals is waaaay more complicated than "add 's, except if the noun already has an s at the end".
      - tyingq 7y ago
        Apostrophes are confusing and overloaded for several purposes. His report card received four A’s and two B’s. So, for plurals. Sometimes. Possessives, sometimes, and sometimes omitting the s after an s, other times not. And contractions, where ' is a placeholder for 9 or 10 different things. ""add 's, except if the noun already has an s at the end" Texas's laws are conservative. (You'll find credible style guides with conflicting advice)
        alxlaz 7y ago
        Right, forgot about A's and B's -- we don't use that grading system over here (although, FWIW, I've seen guidebooks that recommend As, Bs and 1s and 2s, because ABCs is also fine and the 1800s is a thing that has to be distinguished from the 1800s'). There's a lot of regional variation, too, which is inevitable considering that English is used from Brisbane to London and from Alaska to California. But, seriously, every non-constructed language on Earth has exceptions that you have to memorize along with the rules. English doesn't have that many, and it doesn't have too many rules, either. I'm fluent in two other languages (French and my own), and I'm somewhat familiar with a few more languages of Latin, Slavic and Celtic descent. English is a breeze compared to any of them.
      - ynx 7y ago
        Perhaps it's because there's no phonetic difference that native speakers would not have learned the spelling or the rules at the same time, and thus make the error more commonly, due to not having felt a formalized understanding of the rules was necessary.
alxlaz 7y ago
> Re: sizing: interesting, that’s the first report of it failing, I indeed should do a require desktop version. Are you talking about the landing page or the app? The app uses javascript to detect, the landing page uses page width. Ah, I'm talking about the landing page. Sorry, I should have been more clear. If it's not something that you can easily reproduce on your end (see this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21960897 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21960897 ) let me know, I can send you more details about what I'm using. > Re:spelling, plural of proper nouns should use apostrophes I think, no? Someone's already answered this -- I'm just chiming in to let you know that this is an extraordinary common error, even among native speakers. I have literally seen C-level executives making it in their emails, and I'm sure it wasn't a typo or something because they didn't get a single damn plural right. So don't feel bad about it. If you're not a native speaker and learned English by yourself, you've likely picked it up from someone who is :-). (FWIW, I'm not a native speaker, either, I just had really good teachers.) > I’m not sure if making those proper nouns was the right choice, I wanted to highlight that they were terms in the app. I don't think that's too big a problem :). I'm fairly sure it's not correct (I don't think they're proper nouns, just like class, object or channel, all of which have specific meanings in the context of one technology or another). But the English language does have a tradition of weird capitalization, and capitalizing them doesn't change anything in terms of meaning. It's not the same as using a possessive form instead of a plural form.

halfdan 7y ago

Apostrophe-s marks possession. Plurals of regular nouns are always formed without apostrophes. Plural of Airbnb is Airbnbs. Compare this to "Airbnb's fifth year was terrific" where the apostrophe marks possession. Whose fifth year was terrific? Airbnb's.

alixanderwang 7y ago
Wow why did I think proper nouns used apostrophes for plurals, oof. Fixed. Thank you and OP of comment!
- tyingq 7y ago
  Probably because of weird rules like "children's room" and "four cows' pasture", then the contrary notion that "it's" is incorrect for possessive form because "it is" already used for a contraction of "it is". English sucks.
  - alxlaz 7y ago
    I'm not a native English speaker and the fact that this is such a common error among native speakers baffles me because the rules that govern these things are very simple. Conventions about when to omit the 's' after the apostrophe differ from one set of guidelines to another (see e.g. https://www.dailywritingtips.com/possessive-of-proper-names-ending-in-s/ https://www.dailywritingtips.com/possessive-of-proper-names-... ), but that's the only non-uniform thing about it. There's nothing weird about "it's" being incorrect. Pronouns have their own possessive forms. You say her keyboard is white, not she's keyboard is white, and his shirt is yellow, not he's shirt is yellow -- why would you say it's collar is white? You guys have no idea how easy English is, you should be happy about it and love it and cherish it forever! My native language has a phonetic alphabet, so it's easier to figure out how to pronounce words (i.e. no "lead men in battle" vs "the pipes are made of lead" bullshit). But forming possessives for plurals is waaaay more complicated than "add 's, except if the noun already has an s at the end".
    - tyingq 7y ago
      Apostrophes are confusing and overloaded for several purposes. His report card received four A’s and two B’s. So, for plurals. Sometimes. Possessives, sometimes, and sometimes omitting the s after an s, other times not. And contractions, where ' is a placeholder for 9 or 10 different things. ""add 's, except if the noun already has an s at the end" Texas's laws are conservative. (You'll find credible style guides with conflicting advice)
      - alxlaz 7y ago
        Right, forgot about A's and B's -- we don't use that grading system over here (although, FWIW, I've seen guidebooks that recommend As, Bs and 1s and 2s, because ABCs is also fine and the 1800s is a thing that has to be distinguished from the 1800s'). There's a lot of regional variation, too, which is inevitable considering that English is used from Brisbane to London and from Alaska to California. But, seriously, every non-constructed language on Earth has exceptions that you have to memorize along with the rules. English doesn't have that many, and it doesn't have too many rules, either. I'm fluent in two other languages (French and my own), and I'm somewhat familiar with a few more languages of Latin, Slavic and Celtic descent. English is a breeze compared to any of them.
    - ynx 7y ago
      Perhaps it's because there's no phonetic difference that native speakers would not have learned the spelling or the rules at the same time, and thus make the error more commonly, due to not having felt a formalized understanding of the rules was necessary.

alxlaz 7y ago

> Re: sizing: interesting, that’s the first report of it failing, I indeed should do a require desktop version. Are you talking about the landing page or the app? The app uses javascript to detect, the landing page uses page width. Ah, I'm talking about the landing page. Sorry, I should have been more clear. If it's not something that you can easily reproduce on your end (see this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21960897 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21960897 ) let me know, I can send you more details about what I'm using. > Re:spelling, plural of proper nouns should use apostrophes I think, no? Someone's already answered this -- I'm just chiming in to let you know that this is an extraordinary common error, even among native speakers. I have literally seen C-level executives making it in their emails, and I'm sure it wasn't a typo or something because they didn't get a single damn plural right. So don't feel bad about it. If you're not a native speaker and learned English by yourself, you've likely picked it up from someone who is :-). (FWIW, I'm not a native speaker, either, I just had really good teachers.) > I’m not sure if making those proper nouns was the right choice, I wanted to highlight that they were terms in the app. I don't think that's too big a problem :). I'm fairly sure it's not correct (I don't think they're proper nouns, just like class, object or channel, all of which have specific meanings in the context of one technology or another). But the English language does have a tradition of weird capitalization, and capitalizing them doesn't change anything in terms of meaning. It's not the same as using a possessive form instead of a plural form.