Ah yes, good ol' Sarah McLaughlin. Some refer to her as legendary, but those same people don't care to spell her name correctly as Sarah McLachlan. Considering how different McLaughlin and McLachlan are, I wonder if the writer had inhaled some McLaughing gas before writing. The article - "Celebri-TIES for bidding" in Vancouver 24 hours on November 26, 2009 - had two more errors, neatly packaged in one sentence:
The food bank is great, sure, but it's officially known as the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The comma after Royal City Jewellers should be destroyed.
Walz Apostrophe Catastrophe
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