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Giant abuse from the Tate

Annelisa writes in with:

The Tate has one of the best museum sites in the whole world – yet
check out the size of this fantastic illiteracy! What point size that, 24?

She also points out the bonus mistake just under the picture:

Marina Warner introduces Paula Rego’s new illustrations for Charlotte Bront’s Jane Eyre

That should be Bronte’s, of course… unless they intended the apostrophe to pull double duty, showing possession *and* omission! ;)

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New York Times: Altered state’s?

Sieglinde sent in this screen capture of an article found on the NYT website.
I wonder how long it will take before it’s fixed?

UPDATE: (2:46 PST) That didn’t take long… the article has been corrected.

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Discovery of Apostrophe Abuse

Jon pointed out that the Discovery HD Theater site has an errant apostrophe on the front page:

Looks like Discovery Communications needs a high-definition Web copywriter and proofreader to go along with its high-definition TV programming.

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Abuse at KUTV

Ed sent in these two screen grabs from KUTV‘s website:

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1-2-3 Idea’s

Pete sent in this screencap from a leading UK domain registrar:

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Three Pizza’s

Sean sent in the screenshot below from the Big John’s Pizza website, along with this comment:

3 pizzas please. Hold the apostrophes.

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Y’all use apostrophes correctly now, y’hear?

Laura sent in this photo (found here) with the comment,

Maybe it’s a failure of my humanity, but the second photo of this news story makes me absolutely twitch.

See also: Ya’ll vs. Y’all

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Abuse for Writer’s

Kyle sends in this lovely example from the Oxford University Press Spring 2007 catalog:

Meanwhile, Peter submits this link, where Penguin can’t seem to decide if a book’s title needs an apostrophe or not.

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