Can't publish posts

Tried to remove date from home page posts and now get this

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘the’ (T_STRING) in /home1/localgo2/public_html/wp-content/themes/linen_pro/single.php on line 13

for preview and when I try to publish.

This is what this line looks like:
<?php
/**
* @package Linen
*/

get_header(); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>” <?php post_class( ‘single’ ); ?>>
<h1 class=”single-post-title”><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<div class=”single-post-meta”>
<?php printf( __( ‘by %s on’, ‘linen’ ),
get the author()); ?>

HELP!!!