Preposterous apostrophes


"But unless, or until, the billions of English-language users agree
to kill off the apostrophe, we are stuck with it."

http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/12/28/lifefocus/19650350&sec=lifefocus

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Purl Gurl
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So many are stumped by what slips right off the top of my mind
like a man's bad fitting hairpiece.
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