Missing apostrophe

Barbara Need nee1 at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU
Wed Apr 2 16:26:00 UTC 2008


On 2 Apr 2008, at 11:05, Barbara Need wrote:

> On opening day for the Cubs, a stature in honor of Ernie Banks was

That should be "statue"! Interesting slip!

BN

> erected near Wrigley field. The caption on the podium reads:
>
> LETS PLAY TWO
>
> Now they have to put the apostrophe in there! (I don't follow sports,
> but since no has said anything about the spelling TWO, I am guessing
> that is right.)
>
> Barbara
>
> Barbara Need
> UChicago
>
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