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Adam Cifu, MD's avatar

A. Hilarious. I am the worlds worst/most careless speller.

B. Fixed it, thanks.

C. There was one an NPR April Fools story about a shop, "The Naval Academy" that removed people's belly button's as a fashion intervention. Still makes me laugh to think of.

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Quality BS Detector's avatar

Adam you are a good guy. However, your response managed to make not one not two but THREE apostrophe errors as well. Correct usage:

world's worst (needs an apostrophe, it's a possessive).

April Fools' (because it comes from April Fools' Day, preferred placement, although April Fool's Day is acceptable to some [pas moi]). Either way the apostrophe is de rigueur.

belly buttons (no apostrophe, it's just a plural).

Eventually AI is going to edit everyone and we'll have no more of these nits to select.

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Adam Cifu, MD's avatar

There was a fellow student in my Freshmen English class how said to me, "Adam, you have some good things to say in your essays but, to me honest, I am distracted by your spelling." When I got to medical school, and was told that I would learn a whole new language, I thought, this is my chance, I'll learn to spell in this one. Another fail.

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barbara ford's avatar

You must have been taught grammar by the same nuns who tried to teach me!

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