The apostrophe has gained a new meaning, don't you know?  An apostrophe
now means, "Look out!  Here comes an 's'!"  :-)

Walter

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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Mark Landin
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 7:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Words on the internet

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Chuck Ryan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> First I am not trying to be a grammar cop, I just find it interesting.
>
> Has anyone else noticed that lately the whole "mute" as opposed to
> "moot" is moving up the list of most common errors on the internet? It
> has begun to rival the whole "their" vs. "they're" issue.
>

The absolute worst growing meme is using " 's " to pluralize. This
mistake is RAMPANT.

At least the subject of this email wasn't "Word's on the Internet".
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