http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html Links and visuals illustrating an orthographic pet peeve. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:35:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-3897 Anonymous Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:05:02 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-3897 It's actually correct grammar. It's old English for "want not." It's actually correct grammar. It's old English for "want not."

]]> http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2895 Karen Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:57:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2895 Well...at least they got "bubbles" right... Well…at least they got “bubbles” right…

]]> http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2882 sixtyforty Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:48:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2882 I'm particularly fond of the lone lower case M hanging out there along the bottom. I’m particularly fond of the lone lower case M hanging out there along the bottom.

]]> http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2871 Anonymous Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:23:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2871 That's really bad! That’s really bad!

]]> http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2862 Greekgeek Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2862 G'ood Gri'ef! I just stumbled onto this blog while updating my <a HREF="http://www.squidoo.com/apostrophe" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Care and Feeding of Apostrophes</a> webpage, and I think I may have a seizure looking at some of your examples. I hope you don't mind if I add an RSS feed to this blog! G’ood Gri’ef! I just stumbled onto this blog while updating my Care and Feeding of Apostrophes webpage, and I think I may have a seizure looking at some of your examples. I hope you don’t mind if I add an RSS feed to this blog!

]]> http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2858 Anonymous Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:45:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2858 Perhaps they are pointing out that you really can have anything you want engraved on there, no matter how grammatically incorrect! Perhaps they are pointing out that you really can have anything you want engraved on there, no matter how grammatically incorrect!

]]> http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2857 Anonymous Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/03/what-i-dont-want-is-that-extra-apostrophe.html#comment-2857 Clearly it stands for "was not". Clearly it stands for “was not”.

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