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He Is Risible (A Deluxe Easter Grammar Rant!)

He Is Risible (A Deluxe Easter Grammar Rant!)

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John Mendelssohn
Apr 03, 2010
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I honestly don’t remember the imbecile’s apostrophe (I put the book’s down over there) being very widespread until about 20 years ago, and have a theory I’d like to run past you. I wonder if it didn’t start — as “go for it” started with football fans — with baseball fans seeing the names of such teams as the (Oakland) A’s and (Baltimore) O’s (that is, A…

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