greengrocer's apostrophe in action

[Wilson Gray]

On Aug 5, 2005, at 10:33 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:

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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject:      Fwd: greengrocer's apostrophe in action
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> In case anyone thought this was a dying practice, or wanted some
> real-life examples, here's a spam I just received.  Note in
> particular the greeting sentence.
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> To: laurence.horn at yale.edu
> From: Gunner <Trent at wyom.net>
> Subject: Climb Aboard the Small-Cap Gravy Train
> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 00:29:13 -0700
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>
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> (Ticker: CWTD.OB)
> Price: $2.42
> 10-Day Target: $10
>
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> report
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> liquitity.

Love that hypercorrection of "liquidity"!

-Wilson

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