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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Lionel B wrote:

> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 04:30:12PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> >> ----Original Message----
> >>> From: Lionel B
> >>> Sent: 13 June 2005 14:48
> >>
> >>> Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> And don't even get me started
> >>>> about general misuse of quotation marks. :-)
> >>>
> >>> Actually, may I get you started?
> >>>
> >>> In the UK this most common and iniquitous form of punctuation abuse
> >>> has come to be known as "greengrocer's apostrophe":
> >>
> >>  Actually, it's known as the "greengrocers apostrophe", just to add a
> >> delightfully ironic twist!
> >
> > Yep.  This discussion is proceeding as per tradition.
> >
> > Lets see.  Im wondering how long its going to last.
>
> Till it runs it's course.

Dont you mean: "ti'll it run's it's course"?
	Igor
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