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From a cemetery near Sherwood, TN.  It's hard to fault these mountain folks: the Civilian Grammar Corps program of Roosevelt's New Deal didn't reach this area of middle TN until the Johnson Administration in 1965.  March 4, 2006.

Apostrophes can substitute for missing letters. For example, one could fill in for "un".  Matthews, NC.  Feb. 2006.

Maybe the misspelling of "of" was a slip of the pen?  No, "of" was misspelled on another drink dispenser, too.  Taco Bell.  Germantown, MD.  Oct. 2005.

Everyone knows, "I before E except after C."  Well, almost everyone.  March 2005.  Rhyolite, NV.

When do you use a comma to make a noun plural?  When you're in Cleveland, SC.  The apostrophe doesn't make it plural either.  Dec. 2005.

Kids, teach your heirs how to punctuate and spell in order to avoid an eternity of family ignominy.  Cemetery near Sherwood, TN.  March 4, 2006.