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Waterstone's leads the way in abolishing apostrophes greenpiano1 0 16 months ago
Poll: Which is worse, misplaced apostrophes or the "your/you're" debacle? Boris Badenov 65 20 months ago
A Facebook Page Right Down this Alley! MaxxFordham 0 26 months ago
What about missing apostrophes? rekha6 19 32 months ago
Atrocious Groups Name's Drift Words 48 32 months ago
Usage: "foreign" words? Stone Scarab 20 33 months ago

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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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