CONTRACTIN' THE `APOSTROPHE CURSE': I GO TO LUNCH AT A LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LIFE BECOMES A TRAGEDY OF PUNCTUATIONAL ERRORS. A HAND-LETTERED SIGN AT THE DESSERT-LINE CASH REGISTER READS: "LITTLE DEBBIE'S 50 CENTS." I WONDER: 1. WHY ARE THEY SELLING A SMALL STUDENT NAMED DEBBIE, AND WHY GOES SHE COST SO LITTLE.? 2. DO ENGLISH TEACHERS EAT DESSERT AT THIS SCHOOL? Sun Publications (IL) | December 21, 1997 | All content copyright (c) 1997 Sun Publications and may not be republished without permission. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

With apologies to the authors of "Math Curse," I think I've developed an "Apostrophe Curse." Wherever I look, I see a comedy of punctuational errors.

Every weekday morning, while driving my daughter to school, I pass an auto-repair store on Ogden Avenue.

A sign that has been hanging above one of the garage bays for about a year makes me feel like I've been kicked in the stomach with a comma: Brake's.

The two other signs that used to be there, Muffler's and Shock's, have disappeared.

I wonder:

1) Was each bay managed by a different guy, one named Brake, one named Muffler and one named ...

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