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Old 01-05-2010, 12:16 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Urban Gorilla View Post
Of yore I knew the difference between your and you're. I vividly remember the results from one fellow who didn't, and split the difference with Y O U apostrophe R. It wasn't even a typo; it was intended as the possessive, and on a hand-lettered sign.

Decent training in the language would fix this in all but the most thickheaded. It did so in my day.

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