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If you are concerned that this might disadvantage not only native speakers of English (apparently among them also designers of Apple\u2019s \u201cauto-correct\u201d feature) who should know how to use apostrophes properly, but don\u2019t, but also non-native speakers of English, this CAPTCHA from Facebook<\/a> suggests that, as the internet brings people together across language divides, all speakers of all languages may face moments when language presents a challenge for internet use:<\/p>\n

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