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gnomi ([personal profile] gnomi) wrote2008-05-06 07:07 pm

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And now, the sign that prompted this morning's thought question:


Apostrophe Abuse for Brookline!



The irony of it all is that one of the main foci of the funding hoped for under this question (a proposed override of Proposition 2 1/2) is earmarked for programs for Brookline public schools.

[identity profile] janedavitt.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Lynne Truss is Not Happy and neither am I. :;shudders:;
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[personal profile] madfilkentist 2008-05-07 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm more bothered by the misapplication of the rule of the double negative.

[identity profile] lucretia-borgia.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I can hear them hashing out exactly how to punctuate the stuff in the green box.

Two nos make a yes?
Two noes make a yes?
Two 'no's make a yes?
Two NOs make a yes?
Two noses make a yes?