Bad D, Seriously

Bad D, Seriously
Originally uploaded by cbg_rocketfever.

We've taken to luring writers guilty of egregious apostrophe errors into the proofreading room, where Derek dons the Mask of Anger and forces them into the Pit of Everlasting Regret.

So, remember, apostrophes denote possession or contraction, NOT plurals. And if you've never gotten the apostrophe-s/s-apostrophe thing down, well, you're in trouble.

Weird vs. Wierd

Weird is undoubtably the sassiest adjective in the English lexicon. It boldly violates the i-before-e rule, and it rhymes with neither "neighbor" nor "way," yet it is spelled as if it rhymed with both (which it clearly doesn't). Weird is the thinking man's bizarre (one z, two r's!).

Personally I prefer awesome.

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What's wrong with the following sentence?*

The Super Friends agreed Monday to consider logical help for Spider-Man's peacekeeping force in Michigan's troubled Greenville region.

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