Apostrophe abuse is one of my favorite topics and in fact I used to send a friend weekly reports: 'OTW (Apostrophe Of The Week)

Check out the web site for the Apostrophe Protection Society.

Stephen

--- On Fri, 6/13/08, Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote:

> From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
> Subject: Re: photo of vanagon fire: illiteracy
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 1:43 AM
> >>  stumbled upon this on
> >>> flickr:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/leifv/2567731881/  You can
> >>> click the "all sizes" link if you
> want to see it bigger.
> >>> Edward
> >>>
> >>>
> Great caption:  "your`e fired"
> Let us take a moment to pray for our education system.
>
>
> It's not just the US. Proper spelling and grammar are
> not taught anywhere
> these days. No wonder so many on this list (for instance)
> are illiterate.
>
> Have a look at Lynne Truss 2003 "Eats, Shoots &
> Leaves"; while I don't
> agree with everything she says about punctuation, and in
> addition she has
> real problems with grammar, for punctuation sticklers (like
> me)it's worth
> reading. It was a bestseller in Britain and is now on the
> US market
> (Gotham Books).