[Editors] Quick question

[David Chandler]

No, absolutely, definitely not!

Abuse of apostrophes is rampant these days, but don't let them get to  
you!

(There's a good chapter on this in Eats, Shoots and Leaves, as I recall)


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David L. Chandler
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On Apr 8, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Lois Slavin wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Students in the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program are called
> LGOers.
>
> Not that it's a word, but if it were to appear in writing should there
> be an ' in there -- as in LGO'ers -- or not?
>
> Thanks.
> Lois
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> Lois Slavin
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