Great question!

Some *cough* ignorant *cough* people say “they driver’s license” when they should be saying “THEIR driver’s license” in which “their” and “driver’s ” are both possessive words.

The above are examples of why staying in school AND paying attention in English class are important. Effective, accurate verbal communication demonstrates a well-educated person on the part of the speaker and minimizes confusion on the part of the listener. It is also important, for the same reasons, to use correct punctuation, spelling and grammar in WRITTEN communication (letters, job applications, school papers, book reports, etc.).

And this wouldn’t be a “tense,” actually; only verbs have “tense.” Just so you know…

Good luck!

I’ve heard a few (otherwise) quite literate persons tag a plural verb onto “tux” for the same reason; it ends with an “s” sound. They also then — maddeningly — make a “singular” for “tux” by saying “tuck.”

These half-informed, badly-trained ear-brain-mouth phenomena keep some of us as entertained as we are frustrated.

RE:
Why do people refer to their drivers license in the plural tense?
I hear people say of their drivers license "them" or "they". It is only one license to drive. I don't know if this may be a regional thing or perhaps there is just something I don't know. Just always wondered.

“I lost them.”
“My license are suspended.”
“I need to get them reinstated.”
“I can’t find them anywhere.”

Well, if you want to get technical, it’s a “Driver License” not “Drivers License” or at least that’s what mine says. So I guess most of us say it wrong.

ouch, as a ex-cabby i know all about passengers kicking ya