Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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Caren

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November 30, 2007

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  • November 30, 2007, 9:39am

Doesn't Obama'08 seem odd? Is the apostrophe used as some sort of contraction or an omission mark for 20 in 2008? I think his entire campaign would benefit from the insertion of a simple space between his name and the year in which the election takes place. Don't you?