Consistent punctuation oddities

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 4/28/08 2:29:00 PM, cdoyle at UGA.EDU writes:


> >2. Using commas instead of apostrophes. "I,ve done extensive research
> >but I,m looking for the actual law." Real example posted today to my
> >web site
>

The blackberry keyboard does have separate comma keys and apostrophe keys,
but they look a lot alike, and I often confuse them when I type. Also, it is
easy to confuse the two keys on my computer keyboard. My guess is that 99% of the
errors of this sort that one sees are simply typos.


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