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To: marshmallow

More than one in five reporters don’t have a clue as to the appropriate use of apostraphes.


8 posted on 12/10/2017 5:44:15 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry
According to the Wall Street Journal, apostrophes are toast because they're not on the front screen, so to speak, of your phone keyboard.

History will record that "apostrophers" and "non-apostrophers" were the new lords and peons.

10 posted on 12/10/2017 5:48:29 PM PST by Tax-chick ("ItÂ’s not like a productive member of society would have been lost." ~ PAR35)
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To: RegulatorCountry
"More than one in five reporters don’t have a clue as to the appropriate use of apostraphes."

Seven out of five reporters don't understand fractions.

37 posted on 12/10/2017 7:23:06 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: RegulatorCountry
RegulatorCountry: More than one in five reporters don’t have a clue as to the appropriate use of apostraphes.

You mean, because of the headline, which contains TWO such errors?

1 in 5 Brit's Don't Know Jesus' Birth Marked on Christmas Day

They are idiots!

Regards,

45 posted on 12/10/2017 9:07:00 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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