Missing apostrophe

Scot LaFaive slafaive at GMAIL.COM
Wed Apr 2 16:23:52 UTC 2008


>(I don't follow sports, but since no has said anything about the
spelling TWO, I am guessing that is right.)

Steroids do tend to affect one's clarity of mind.

Scot


On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Barbara Need <nee1 at midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
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> On opening day for the Cubs, a stature in honor of Ernie Banks was
> 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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