“Ignorance of history is nearly as egregious as ignorance of correct English usage. I was appalled last week when none of the three — presumably extremely knowledgeable — ‘Jeopardy’ contestants could not answer the Final Jeopardy question: ‘Identify the war in which a battle between the CSS Alabama and the USS Kearsage took place.’
“Wasn’t ‘CSS’ and ‘Alabama’ enough of a clue? Perhaps not as egregious as all those non-possessive possessives, but in its (not it’s) own way just as sad.”
No argument here. Any Civil War buffs want to weigh in? Email rrollins@coxohio.com.
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