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15 crimes against the apostrophe that will anger every grammar nerd
AH, THE APOSTROPHE.
Such a humble little guy and yet he’s continually victimised by those who don’t know how to use him properly.
1. Like, what even is this?
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2. Get it together, people.
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3. Mom’s what is great ironing? #fail
4. “Let’s just throw in an apostrophe WHEREVER”
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5. Note to Next: hire a proofreader.
6. Noooooo, Anu! An apostrophe would have made all the difference!
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7. Seriously, Anu!
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8. We have a question — who is responsible for this travesty?
9. “Thank’s.”
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10. We can only hope that TV3 has since learned the difference between “your” and “you’re”
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11. Beautiful! Oh wait…
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12. “You know, I think we might just eat somewhere else…”
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13. *shakes head*
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14. OUR EYES
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15. It’s like Taylor Swift always said, “The hater’sgonna hate, hate, hate…”
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We don’t think we’ll shake these fails off any time soon, though.
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