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It’s a possessive apostrophe
I noticed this classic grammar clanger on a promo for ER on television the other week:
I can remember my first weekly grammar test for my journalism course at university. I made this mistake too and my lecturer Sally White,  wrote “Sally sitting down because Sally feels ill” and she drew a little picture of her sitting [...]
March 6, 2010
Posted in: spelling and grammar 
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Missing: A possessive apostrophe for Santa
I don’t consider myself a snob in many areas but I will admit I am when it comes to spelling and grammar.
The sight of a word missing a possessive apostrophe or the misuse of loose and lose, it’s and its and their/there/they’re makes me wonder what is taught in schools.
Here is a tee I picked [...]
December 5, 2009
Tags: Grammar and Spelling Posted in: spelling and grammar 12 Comments
