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cstross
on May 6, 2013
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U.S. Government Fears End of Megaupload Case
Ahem: the penultimate apostrophe denotes
either
a missing vowel,
or
ownership, in the singular, of the subsequent identified property. You're using "marionettes" as a plural. It doesn't require an apostrophe in that context.
jmspring
on May 10, 2013
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Yeah, late night typing on the iphone. Not an excuse, but I cringed when I read that the next morning. But, I won't edit due to comment.
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