I was watching The Rachel Maddow Show tonight and the segment about Blago came on. I could not believe what I was seeing! The horror, the carnage of typography on my screen.
Here is what was shown:
Notice that they used a single quote when it should have been an apostrophe to indicate a contraction of Blagojevich, like so:
Apostrophes everywhere are pretty hopping mad and demand an apology from TRMS. In this era of high unemployment, the apostrophe union is demanding an explanation as to why a single quote was used when there was clearly a large pool of qualified, skilled apostrophes available for the job.
Maddow, we’re waiting. And we’re not going to accept a contracted apology.
LOL RT @dogwalkblog: Don’t be bringing a single quote to an apostrophe fight! Yeah, we’re calling you out .@maddow http://bit.ly/aXYOR5
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Maybe, if the apostrophe had been properly used here, it would not have felt it necessary to show up where it doesn’t belong. http://www.thecommaqueen.com/2010/03/the-apostrophe-not-something-meant-to-decorate-your-writing/
You know this is going to give me nightmares, right?
Oh, yeah. You and me both. I’m not sleeping a wink tonight. This sort of thing has to stop! If not me, then who? If not tonight, when? Who will stand up for all these mis-placed apostrophes? Hyphen? Em-dash? Certainly not single quotes; they have too much to gain. It’s wrong; it’s immoral and it needs to end!
The invasion of the apostrophe again… Via @dogwalkblog: Maddow Apostrophe-gate http://bit.ly/aXYOR5
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RT @MaddowBlog We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW || apostrophe catastrophe.
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RT @puxxled: RT @MaddowBlog We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW || apostrophe catastrophe.
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RT @MaddowBlog: We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW // Apostrophe catastrophe.
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Clearly.. and no apology apparently is forthcoming… we may have to call a strike; Let’s see what they can do when they don’t have apostrophe to kick around any more!
lol poor apostrophe RT @MaddowBlog: We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW
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RT @MaddowBlog: We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW
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RT @MaddowBlog: We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW
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RT @MaddowBlog: We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW
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RT @MaddowBlog We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW
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RT @MaddowBlog: We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW
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RT @MaddowBlog: We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW
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RT @MaddowBlog: We have offended the apostrophe: http://bit.ly/9H6kMW
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