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  Disney Christmas Catastrophe

  1651 readersShortening the word "until" can cause confusion for many people. You can write till or 'til, but combining the two, as Mickey Mouse does below, is incorrect.John, who sent in this apostrophe catastrophe, writes, "Despite this atrocity, it still goes up every year, with fondness."It is pretty cute, I must admit.Thanks, John!

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  How to Prepare for the Rapture

  4981 readersWith the end of the world happening tomorrow, this may be the last apostrophe catastrophe I will ever post. It's a Friday and there's really nothing we can do about the impending apocalypse, so today's catastrophe will involve alcohol. Obviously.Besides the obvious apostrophe catastrophe in margarita's, every day should be two words. This restaurant's website

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  False Advertising

  1185 readersThe rabbit on this t-shirt catastrophe, spotted by Romy in South Dakota, isn't even cute!Nor is the backwards apostrophe or the entirely absent apostrophe in let's.Thanks, Romy!

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  Reversing Idioms

  4217 readersLove this t-shirt that my son brought home from camp this summer. It is a wonderful example of having fun with words, idioms and graphics. Unfortunately, the graphics illustrate the opposite of the idiom.

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  A Princely Catastrophe

  1649 readersWell, the good thing about this apostrophe catastrophe, spotted at Babies R Us, is that one-year-olds tend to rip hats off their heads rather quickly. It could be put to better use as a spit rag.This type of apostrophe catastrophe is certainly a 1'st [sic]. Thanks to Melinda for sending it in!

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  She’s Crafty!

  3054 readersLast year Melissa sent in a photo of a tree skirt that was marred with an apostrophe catastrophe. When she brought the tree skirt out of storage today, she decided to fix the catastrophe with an editor's mark made of red thread.Well done, Melissa! Now I'm in the holiday spirit.

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  It Is What It Is

  3309 readersMy cousin sent me this apostrophe catastrophe from the parking lot of a Sheraton in Warwick, Rhode Island. He says he would expect to see this kind of sloppy punctuation at a Super 8 but not a Sheraton. I have been noticing a lot of confusion between its and it's lately. I think a lot of people

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  Canadian Hockey Catastrophe

  5720 readersAs the ultimate fair-weather fan, I managed to find a hockey-related apostrophe catastrophe to coincide with Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. Is there only one referee in the area?Go Bruins! It will be a catastrophe if the B's lose tonight.Thanks to Joe for sending in this apostrophe catastrophe from the TransAlta TriLeisure Centre

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  World Series / AT&T Catastrophe

  2637 readersMany of us are suffering from a bit of winter malaise, so I thought it might be nice to post a baseball-related apostrophe catastrophe. Pitchers and catchers report to spring training just one month from today!In this context, its should not have an ap...

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  Catastrophic Toys

  1809 readersJessica found the following double apostrophe catastrophe at Trombetta's Farm in Marlborough, MA. "It's a cute little place, so I feel a twinge of guilt poking fun at it," Jessica writes. "But not that much guilt. I mean, come on, TWO apostrophe catastrophes in one sign?"I think the mockery is justified. If you're going to