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Holy mole, you don’t need that apostrophe

by Glenn on October 6, 2014

What do you do when your favorite Mexican restaurant with the very fine mole sauce messes up with the apostrophe? Do you say something? I haven’t. (I feel reasonably confident in my ability to explain the problem; I have serious (…)

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It’s and its can be confusing (UPDATED)

by Glenn on October 1, 2014

There is something wrong with me. Well, before I get to that, there is something wrong with a website for a new church plant. The image above includes a screen capture from their front page. This really bothers me and (…)

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Stop the Apostrophe Abuse

by Glenn on September 4, 2014

We were on our way to the church we were visiting last Sunday and there on the side of the road was this large stone marking an exit off the highway. This is wrong.

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	Monday 01/21 20% Overcast Mostly cloudy. Lows overnight in the upper 30s.
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