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Date:         Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:36:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: photo of vanagon fire: illiteracy
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
In-Reply-To:  <1213335783.485208e729036@www.stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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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).


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