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436 GG Why People Have Always Been Confused About Apostrophes

13 min•2 oktober 2014

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An interview with Ammon Shea about the confusing history of apostrophes. Hanged Versus Hung. The story of the Victorian Great Exhibition, where Adolphe Sax displayed his invention: the saxophone. 

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