Then there are a few here that use WHERE for WERE and others reverse it. Then there are the TOO, TWO, and TO misuses....... Mostly, I just pass over those mistakes, but sometimes I have to read and RE-read a post to get what the author is trying to express.
I remember that I knew a guy that was a highly educated engineer for Boeing. Before every "S" he would put an apostrophe. I suggested that it made him look uneducated (to an outsider that did not know him). His answer was "they know what I am telling them." In other words, not only did he not care that he was using incorrect punctuation, but also refused to correct it.
THE most misused punctuation mark in the entire English language is the APOSTROPHE!!!! This punctuation mark has limited CORRECT usage. It signifies the POSSESSIVE case of a noun. Such as "the cow's tail" or "Joe's car" or something similar. Also the apostrophe is used to indicate missing letters as in a contraction - e.g. don't, won't, haven't, wasn't, etc. Apostrophe should NOT be used in plural case unless it indicates plural POSSESSIVE case. Example: The Smiths' house was vacant last week.
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