Missing apostrophe

[Laurence Horn]

At 5:01 PM -0400 4/2/08, Alice Faber wrote:
>Alice Faber wrote:
>>Barbara Need wrote:
>>>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.)
>>
>>It absolutely is right. Ernie Banks is famous for the phrase "Let(')s
>>play two!", as in two baseball games, as in a double-header.
>>
>
>And the apostrophe has been added:
>
><http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/873757,banks040208.article>
>
Very nice.  Mr. Cella and his staff no doubt obtained their
apostrophe at cut-rate from a nearby statue promoting Taco's and
Burrito's.

LH

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