Apostrophobia

Wednesday's e-mail brought an, er, interesting spam offer that I can—and will—refuse. Take a look and you'll see why. I've copied it in three segments so the errors stand out better.

Do I really want a company to print a book if its employees can't punctuate? Youre should, of course, be you're. You're means "you are." See how simple that is? 

"No, were not kidding." Did the writer leave out a subject for the verb were? I'll bet she meant we're instead of were.

"Cost for 50 books is $157.50thats just $3.15 each." A run-on sentence, spacing error, and a missing apostrophe. Plus, it would be clearer to use on-demand instead of on demand. Imagine how this company could screw up your book.

Here's the second part:

Another were should have been we're. Did you spot it? And here's the last part (that should be titled Whom to call):

"Wed love to print your book"? ". . . and well mail you a template"? 

Id—er, I'd—love for you to get over your fear of apostrophes.

Note to anyone thinking to send me spam e-mails: please punctuate properly.

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