03/04/12 News Roundup
Submitted by Erin Brenner on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:20am
Grammar Girl explains why two weeks’ notice is correct. Also in today’s News Roundup: new stamps for Acrobat users, a usage lesson from NYT, and the stories behind hood and starved.
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If you’ve ever wondered why two weeks’ notice makes use of the apostrophe, check out Grammar Girl’s “Possessives.” (Grammar Girl)
More great articles
- “Additional Stamps: Em Dashes”: If you use stamps with Acrobat for editing, check out these new stamps from Louise Harnby. (The Proofreader’s Parlour)
- “Trouble With As and Than”: As likely as or as likely than? (After Deadline)
- “Hoodies, Hoods, and ’Hoods”: (Throw Grammar from the Train)
- “Starved with Cold”: A lesser-known meaning of starved. (Macmillan Dictionary Blog)
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