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The White House sent out its own version of the line in a transcript, adding an apostrophe to “supporters’ ” — a plural possessive that indicates the president was condemning their "demonization of Latinos" rather than the supporters themselves.

From Salon

The street’s new sign had no apostrophe.

Soon after the new sign was erected, someone drew an apostrophe on it.

“If you get rid of the apostrophe, what’s next?” said Mr. Wood, who has spent years teaching students the rules of English grammar.

Her husband of 52 years, Andrew, said the signs should be put back to their original state - including an apostrophe.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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