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Towlie

(5,324 posts) Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:24 AM Dec 2016

Did you ever notice that post excerpts that make the front page of DU lose their apostrophes?

If you post something like "you won't see apostrophes because they don't show up" and an excerpt makes the front page, the title won't be affected but the body will. It'll say "you wont see apostrophes because they dont show up."

What's up with that?

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Did you ever notice that post excerpts that make the front page of DU lose their apostrophes? (Original Post) Towlie Dec 2016 OP

It's a problem with the new DU, post-hack. eppur_se_muova Dec 2016 #1

i'm aghast. or agog. shocked, dismayed, disgusted, appalled.... orleans Dec 2016 #2

I can understand that, considering that Frank Zappa made an album called "Apostrophe." Towlie Dec 2016 #3

eppur_se_muova

(36,257 posts)

1. It's a problem with the new DU, post-hack.

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:27 AM

Dec 2016

Check out the Ask the Administrators Group.

orleans

(34,043 posts)

2. i'm aghast. or agog. shocked, dismayed, disgusted, appalled....

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2016, 12:32 PM

Dec 2016

oh wait...

i guess i was referring to the election results

no apostrophes on the front page? i have no clue... must be a computer thing...

Towlie

(5,324 posts)

3. I can understand that, considering that Frank Zappa made an album called "Apostrophe."