Posts Tagged news
Bad news comes in three’s
Posted by Bill in Uncategorized on September 14, 2011
Front page news on msnbc.com
(Thanks, Bill!)
Grammar is for the elites.
Posted by Readers Like You in Uncategorized on April 27, 2011
Plural? Possessive? Who knows? When in doubt, sprinkle generously (but never liberally) with apostrophes.
(Thanks, Alan Smithee!)
Abuse 55 Story’s Up
Posted by Readers Like You in Uncategorized on October 13, 2010
AP says It’s over at CNN!
Posted by Readers Like You in Uncategorized on September 24, 2010
Copy-editing is a thing of the past at the Associated Press, I guess, or maybe they’re just excited because CNN is a competitor.
Found online here.
(Thanks, David Singer!)
Yes, but which one?
Posted by ApostropheAbuse in Uncategorized on October 15, 2007
Emily in Montreal writes:
On news.yahoo.ca today, I was horrified to see the headline, “Survey finds Albertan’s unhappy despite province’s wealth.” I guess that this headline was supposed to mean that many Albertans are unhappy. But I guess the headline would be correct if only one Albertan was unhappy (meaning, “Survey finds Albertan is unhappy”.)
New domain – ApostropheAbuse.com
Posted by ApostropheAbuse in Uncategorized on September 20, 2007
Thanks to the gracious Sharilyn Horne, who transferred her ownership of the domain name, this blog can now be accessed via ApostropheAbuse.com. Those of you who subscribe to the RSS feed may get reposts from the configuration change.
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