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Old 06-28-2005, 04:52 PM   #161
Celuien
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Originally Posted by Orominuialwen
I assign native English speakes who misuse apostrophes. I can understand how people who normally speak another language might have trouble, but I'm going to get violent if I see one more person write "I bought some new book's."
The number of times I've seen "it's" and "its" confused in handouts from professors astounds me.

I'm assigning computer programs that won't permit uninstalls. I have one stuck on my PDA that isn't working but I can't take it off because it has assigned itself to a protected file.
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