I can't take it anymore. Part 2 (British, quote, stories, similar)
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I definitely think these death camps existed, but the level of what supposedly went on in them is one of the biggest lies in history secend to only religion.
Also, the tendency to pluralize nouns by simply making it a possessive drives me bonkers!!! Either (a) writer is too lazy or (b) too ignorant.
Examples:
body: written as "body's", instead of "bodies"
city: written as "city's", instead of "cities"
calf: written as "calf's", instead of "calves"
This same behaviour can be found in expressing age, "I'm in my 20's." (incorrect, "I'm in my 20s.") and in expressing calendar years, "This was back in the 1900's" (incorrect, it was the 1900s.)
Plain and simple, 's indicates the possessive, and is misplaced in expressing ages or calendric years.
Note an exception: "The present day excessive traffic is the fault of the city's lack of urban planning in previous eras." In this case I am using the possessive form, not the plural form. I could be wrong...
I find this particularly amusing and ironic since London is in the UK which uses the Centigrade system of temperature measurement, not the antiquated Fahrenheit system, although UK uses a mix of miles and KM, seemingly unable to make up their minds between MKS and antiqated units, and also can't seem to get it right which side of the road to drive upon!
London is in the UK which uses the Centigrade system of temperature measurement, not the antiquated Fahrenheit system
On a somewhat related note, back in the 70s, there was an attempt by the US federal government to switch The US to the Metric System of measurement. There was such a hue and cry from the populace that the government backed down after a few years, and gave up on this effort.
As to the reasoning of the public in opposing the adoption of the Metric System, I can still recall one woman's letter to the editor. She lamented that, if the Metric System was adopted, she would have to purchase a new car, because her current car's gas tank "takes gallons, not liters".
I wasn't aware that America ever wanted to go metric. I had thought it was mere arrogance that they wanted their miles and gallons, and the rest of the world could just damn well adjust or deal with it. Or maybe that Amricans were just too lazy to do a little bit of thinking and stress their poor, little brains.
I'll admit my UK cousins are confused betwixt! I often wonder what they do when driving the Chunnel! I always imagine a big, cosmic smash-up in the middle!
To be fair, the American imported products I see in our markets bear both metric and Imperial units. Maybe it's not as bad as I had thought.
It's amusing that 30 mpg = 12.8 Km/L. Doesn't look good but it's the same. At least we get to drive over 100 (Kmh) often while you're stuck at a dull 62 mph. (Again, same speed.) But what the hey, a full tank is a full tank in any units you choose! We make out on money though: 100 Canadian dollars is a mere 73 American dollars!
I still wish everybody could adjust to the world's unit system: SI units or metric, the same. Far less confusion worldwide which will continue as long as America has such a huge influence on world trade.
I wasn't aware that America ever wanted to go metric.
I can still recall a billboard that was part of the government's attempt to educate the public about metric equivalents, prior to the planned phase-in of metric standards. The billboard helpfully stated, "One ounce equals 28 grams".
My theory at the time was that they were trying to prepare people for a new approach to purchasing marijuana.
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I often wonder what they do when driving the Chunnel! 
I always imagine a big, cosmic smash-up in the middle! 