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  Double Apostrophe Catastrophe from a Library

  5267 readersMy friend Natalie was horrified to find this double apostrophe catastrophe at the Medford Public Library. Some style guides recommend using an apostrophe in abbreviations such as DVD, but since the videos has a catastrophe in it, I'm going to assume that DVD's is a mistake too. Thanks, Natalie!

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  Our President Understands the Power of Punctuation

  5174 readersWell, it's Friday, and I thought it would be nice to end the week on a positive note. Perhaps Hell has frozen over and I'll see some pigs flying around tonight, but this email that I just got from the Obama campaign actually has a good apostrophe catastrophe.Huh? A good apostrophe catastrophe? I didn't think

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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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  Rajon Rondo Playing for a Jewish Softball Team Apostrophe Catastrophe

  6898 readersThis photo has been published elsewhere, but nonetheless, it may be my favorite apostrophe catastrophe of all time. At least until someone sends me one involving Kevin Garnett. Rondo playing for a Jewish softball team?! With an apostrophe catastrophe on his t-shirt?! This just made my week. And that's saying a lot because the Celtics won

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  World Series / AT&T Catastrophe

  2640 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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  Jumbo Hot Dog Catastrophe

  1132 readersTo celebrate Opening Day, they fed us hot dogs at work today. I'm glad that they didn't come from this guy:Marty, who appears to have captured this double apostrophe catastrophe while driving (impressive!), writes, "Jimbo had a feeling there should be an apostrophe in Jimbo's Jumbo Dogs; he just guessed wrong. Which, unfortunately, only reinforces

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  Best Authors and Parents Ever

  1053 readersToday's apostrophe catastrophe comes to us from my parents, who are both authors and who are both awesome, so I'm taking an opportunity to shamelessly promote them.My mom writes, "We, Becky’s parents, were horrified (and delighted at the same time) to encounter an apostrophe catastrophe on this road sign on a rural road in Oregon.

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  5 Secrets an 8-year old Natalie Wood Can Teach You About Persuasive Writing

  3887 readers Like a lot of people, every year my husband and I watch Miracle on 34th Street during the holiday season. One of my favorite scenes in the movie is right at the end when Natalie Wood is riding in the car with her mom and Fred Gailey. The camera focuses in on Natalie sitting in the back

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  Club Yesterday Is Dance Club

  954 readersThis dance club in a strip mall (classy!) either features an apostrophe catastrophe or its name gets the redundancy award for redundancy.It looks like it could be awesomely bad, though. I kind of want to pouf up my hair and go there. My iPod was playing Wham! this morning while I was getting ready for

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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