Apostrophes are flooding the market – and mostly in all the wrong places. Old time teachers of English grammar must be turning over in their graves. Even some writers and editors seem unaware of the ...

The passing of the Apostrophe Preservation Society (Report, 2 December) is deeply regretted by the Queen’s English Society. We will carry on the fight for clear, accurate English, including correct ...

Naught for the comfort of Lynne Nicholls (The Argus, October 17), I fought the battle of the possessive apostrophe for more than 30 years, with indifferent success in the classroom, even though the ...

And now, as the rest of the world conspires to neglect you or violate you, I hope you'll accept this token of my love, understanding and undying support. For starters, Apostrophe, I get you. I know ...

Until recently, apostrophes were used to form the plurals of abbreviations (MA's), dates (1980's) and words or characters serving as words (if's and but's). Today we don't use an apostrophe with the & ...

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