Blogs about: Apostrophe
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And the winner is...
For the Most Obvious Unnecessary Letter, the winner is Yahoo! Movies: … more →
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And the winner is...
Laura wrote 1 day ago: For the Most Obvious Unnecessary Letter, the winner is Yahoo! Movies: … more →
Cross over to the literate side
Laura wrote 3 days ago: In an article about DVDs on Yahoo! Movies, the writer makes some errors that any competent proofread … more →
Apostrophes and Possessives Made Clear
onthemarkwriting wrote 3 days ago: I got this newsletter from Jane Straus this morning in my inbox. Most of the time, I don’t for … more →
One people's surprising mistake
Laura wrote 6 days ago: OK, so the title of this post should be “One person’s surprising mistake.” And the … more →
Mena Suvari: Not on the menu
Laura wrote 6 days ago: Misspellings and misplaced punctuation are on the menu at Yahoo! Movies: Mena Suvari’s charac … more →
Let's hope there will be more passengers
Laura wrote 1 week ago: I can’t imagine that Air New Zealand can stay in business much longer with only one passenger: … more →
'My Best Friend's Wedding' and my worst nightmare
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Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: OK. I exaggerate. This isn’t my worst nightmare, but really, how hard is it to look up the act … more →
Look! Up in the title! It's a real apostrophe!
Ed Henninger wrote 2 weeks ago: THANKS TO DAVID MERRILL, IT and Graphics Manager at Oregon Newspaper Publishers Assn., I now have a … more →
Short Takes on the Day, 06/30/09
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Sherry wrote 2 weeks ago: You know you wanna. I mean, it’s been too long without the Sarah fix hasn’t it? And who … more →
It's . . . [UPDATED]
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amba12 wrote 2 weeks ago: on its way to becoming standard English in “it’s” other meaning: the possessive o … more →
Michael Jackson was a dancer's what?
Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: Michael Jackson was one of the greatest dancers to hit the stage. And maybe one of the greatest danc … more →
Better Writing: Apostrophe errors undermine credibility
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billbennettnz wrote 3 weeks ago: You don’t always need to write obsessively correct English. I’ve written tips on how some grammar ru … more →
Accepted through misuse?
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grammarcops wrote 3 weeks ago: By popular demand, we are resurrecting this post and adding commentary: Our original post: A reader … more →
Mom's win ...
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grammarcops wrote 3 weeks ago: Say what? We did a little research on apostrophe use in Mother’s Day and Father’s Day me … more →
It's not the one you want
Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: The Yahoo! front page uses a pronoun, but it’s not correct: The writer meant it’s. It … more →
Apostrophe Cat
ontological_shock wrote 4 weeks ago: Apostrophe cat: fixing your shitty punctuation … more →
Correct, yourself ...
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grammarcops wrote 4 weeks ago: On Twitter today, we saw this interesting profile: “I find and mock punctuation errors on my b … more →
'Tis a roundup
Laura wrote 1 month ago: ‘Tis the season for lapses on Yahoo! Shine: There are two here: the missing apostrophe in the … more →
It's a punch to an editor's heart
Laura wrote 1 month ago: A missing apostrophe in a possessive noun on Yahoo! Shine is a painful blow to any editor’s se … more →
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