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Monday, August 7, 2006

Who's vs. Whose

There's a battle going on in the world of words, and heaven only knows who's going to win! Everywhere I go, I see "who's" being used as a possessive -- I don't know why; it's just plain silly. Actually, I have a pretty good guess about why it's happening. People don't understand apostrophes. I've... Sign in to see full entry.

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