pet peeve

Subject: pet peeve
From: Karla Kitalong <kitalong -at- MTU -dot- EDU>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 1994 23:08:46 -0400

Plurals with an apostrophe in them. Like "Apple's $.59/lb." or
"PC's" and "Macintoshe's" (I've actually seen that last one).
Makes my flesh crawl.

kk
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