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Comcast too fast for proofreading

Shannon sent in this piece of mail she received from Comcast that features two errant apostrophes:


…sort of makes me want to switch cable companies.

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  1. Bill's Library says

    So why are there no other “restriction’s”?

  2. Kathy Frederick says

    When I entered this comments section, I clicked on Bill’s Library link. Here’s the response I received from Blogger:

    Profile Not Available

    The Blogger Profile you requested cannot be displayed. Many Blogger users have not yet elected to publicly share their Profile.

    If you’re a Blogger user, we encourage you to enable access to your Profile.

    I know it’s not apostrophe abuse, but it is bad grammar and I wanted to point it out somewhere.

    It should read “… not yet elected to publicly share their profiles.” (plural)

    And, why is Profile capitalized anyway?

    Ahhhh, now I feel better.

  3. Prometheus says

    Actually, it should read, “Many Blogger users have not yet elected to share his or her profile.”

  4. annika says

    Hi,
    This is Hinden.I know it’s not apostrophe abuse,but it is bad grammer and I wanted to point it out somewhere.

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    Hinden
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