Atrocious Apostrophe's

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Title	Author	Replies	Latest Post
What about missing apostrophes?	rekha6	18	3 months ago
Poll: Which is worse, misplaced apostrophes or the "your/you're" debacle?	Boris Badenov	56	5 months ago
1000 member's!	David Cowie	4	8 months ago
Usage: "foreign" words?	Stone Scarab	16	9 months ago
Atrocious Groups Name's	Drift Words	46	12 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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