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Dog’s & Pretzel’s

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Readers Like You
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At the Inn Between, Oyster Bay, NY

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bar, Baseball, beer, hot dog, long island, pretzel | 1 Reply

Major League mess-up

Posted on January 30, 2012 by kanissa
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The Cleveland Indians have been running a promotion with Subway restaurants this season. Apparently the “Cleveland curse” has spread to proofreaders as well.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ads, Baseball, fast food, it's, Subway | 1 Reply

Its/It’s Confusion during FOX broadcast of World Series

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Readers Like You
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This was the trivia question during the FOX broadcast of game three of the world series on 10/30. I didn’t have my camera handy, but when they showed the answer the errant apostrophe was gone.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baseball, it's, TV | 1 Reply

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