The apostrophe is out to get you. That innocent-looking little punctuation mark you learned about in elementary school has been plotting against you all your life. It’s not like the hyphen, which is ...

He walks softly and carries a big stick. He uses it to make marks that look like little sticks. He prowls the streets at night, terrorizing shopkeepers and sign makers alike. But I’m betting regular ...

In 2017, an anonymous vigilante spent their nights travelling round the streets of Bristol with their self-made 'apostrophiser'. Their mission: to correct the city’s poorly punctuated signs.

Wednesday was a dark day for the apostrophe, used in the English language to indicate the possessive case ("Joe's Pub") or a contraction ("I'm here."). In New York, apostrophes took center stage in ...

Possession, contractions, plurals – test your ability to use an apostrophe in our fun and completely pedantic quiz This week there were reports that residents of North Yorkshire were irked that their ...

Apostrophes can be used in a couple of ways. With contractions, use apostrophes to indicate that letters are missing. When two words are written in shortened form, use an apostrophe to show that some ...

The English language would be better off without apostrophes. Yes, I know thats an extreme statement, and yes, I know its not likely ever to happen. But its true. Heres why. 1. Most of them dont add ...

The English language would be better off without apostrophes. Yes, I know thats an extreme statement, and yes, I know its not likely ever to happen. But its true. Heres why. From our morning news ...