Six Driving Tips from a Summer Spent on the American Road

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I will share with you this bit of information from someone (me) who grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, hometown of Henry Ford and World Headquarters of the Ford Motor Company. You say that you are driving an Explorer, lent to you by "Ford's." Referring to the company that way is akin to dragging your fingernails down a 10-foot blackboard for anyone who has lived in the shadow of the giant automaker. Please refer to the company as "Ford." The way you wrote it begs the question, "Ford's what?" It is the possessive form of the word where the possessive is not needed. The company is called Ford Motor Company, not Ford's Motor Company. Please make the appropriate change so that other readers in the metropolitan Detroit area can read about your travels without being offended by what you are calling the company that built your Explorer. Thank you, and please drive safely!! Enjoy your trip. MK Shaw of Dearborn, Michigan

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