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The apostrophe: use and misuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Donald Hook
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Taxi's stop here says a sign – Bus' across the street says another. – Joes hamburger's says a third: a descriptive/prescriptive look at a troublesome symbol

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , July 1999 , pp. 42 - 49
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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