Atrocious Apostrophe's

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Erotic Apostrophe Challenge	RunzwithScissors	2	5 weeks ago
What about missing apostrophes?	rekha6	14	5 weeks ago
Someone like us	rekha6	1	5 weeks ago
Bob the Angry Flower's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots!	Pats Pixels	4	3 months ago
Here's one right here!	Donna Lethal	3	3 months ago
Ones or One's?	ThunderChild tm	4	5 months ago

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About Atrocious Apostrophe's

From Dave Barry's "Tips for Writer's":

Dear Mister Language Person: What is the purpose of the apostrophe?

Answer: The apostrophe is used mainly in hand-lettered small business signs to alert the reader than an "S" is coming up at the end of a word, as in: WE DO NOT EXCEPT PERSONAL CHECK'S, or: NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ITEM'S.

This group documents prominently-placed and egregious punctuation mistakes. Bonus points (redeemable for nothing at all) are awarded for finding examples with unintended, hilarious meanings.

See also '"Quotation Mark" Abuse'.

http://stipo.larc.nasa.gov/sp7084/sp7084ch3.html

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