Here are some examples of garbage characters that appear all through my blog after upgrading to the latest version from a version I wrote it in back in 2008. I have read similar problems from other users but the recommended fixes did not work.
Pam’s grandmother -- should say Pamela's grandmother
born. -- should be born. at end of paragraph
Year’s festivities. After -- Year's festivities.
There are hundreds of these throughout my text and would hope to find a way to correct them without trying to do it one by one.
Someone wrote that this might have something to do with my database but I am unfamiliar with that?