An apostrophe is not an accessory. Here are some easy-to-follow rules for using an apostrophe—and when you definitely shouldn't. An apostrophe might be tiny, but used correctly, it adds clarity and ...
North Yorkshire Council was last week rebuked for axeing apostrophes from road signs, claiming they cause problems when searching online. The Daily Mail's legendary columnist Keith Waterhouse, who ...
Apostrophes are strange little creatures that can cause two words to merge. Uh huh! The apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters. This is how it contracts the two words together. It can't be ...
A discussion about punctuation marks is like opening the Pandora`s Box. Out come the full stop (.), the comma (,), the semi colon (;), the colon (), the question mark ...
Iain Wood from Belgium asks: When I went to school, the apostrophe was used to integrate another word, such as 'it's mine' (it is mine). But when the apostrophe was placed AFTER the word, such as ...
Last year, grammatical tragedy struck in the heart of England when Birmingham City Council decreed that apostrophes were to be forever banished from public addresses. To the horror of purists and ...
The simplest way to add an apostrophe before a date in Excel is to type it directly before the date when entering it in a cell. This method works best when you’re dealing with a small number of ...
Last year, the Apostrophe Protection Society was disbanded, having supposedly failed in its mission. But what is the correct use of the grammatical mark anyway, asks Helene Schumacher. Are you ...
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Reports this week about the demise of the Apostrophe Protection Society may have been greatly exaggerated. The Apostrophe Protection Society was set up in 2001 in the UK by retired journalist John ...