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12-02-2019 08:04 PM
The Apostrophe Protection Society of the UK is closing down in disgust. its members are throwing in the towel saying that the cause is lost.
The Apostrophe Protection Society was a UK society with "the specific aim of preserving the correct use of this currently much abused punctuation mark". It was founded in 2001 by John Richards, a retired sub-editor, in response to his observations of widespread incorrect use of thpostrophe.
does this mean i should stop correcting grammar mistakes of so-called journalists on major networks (mutter mutter mutter.....)???!!
naw. i haven't given up - yet.!!! thanks to the excellent teaching of one Miss Dabareiner way back when.
12-02-2019 08:07 PM
In case they vanish altogether, I’m sending you a few to hang on to.
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12-02-2019 08:11 PM
@Drythe that's very generous of you. you couldn't be nicer on this sad day. hope all's well
there! i used a few - pls. send me more!
12-02-2019 08:18 PM
I never knew that such a society existed! LOL!
I sell personalized signs on Etsy. Often someone will order a sign from me asking for an apostrophe to be placed near the end of a last name to pluralize it. I try to very nicely explain that the apostrophe at the end of a name should be used as either a singular or a plural possessive which determines where the apostrophe is placed (usually before or after the "s"). It's not for plualizing a name. This falls on deaf ears.
So many times they will just tell me that they think it "looks right" with the apostrophe. Here's an example..... "The Smith's wish you a Merry Christmas!"...ugh!
12-02-2019 08:18 PM
Now it will be an apostrophe free-for-all.
12-02-2019 08:20 PM
@haddon9 wrote:I never knew that such a society existed! LOL!
I sell personalized signs on Etsy. Often someone will order a sign from me asking for an apostrophe to be placed near the end of a last name to pluralize it. I try to very nicely explain that the apostrophe at the end of a name should be used as either a singular or a plural possessive which determines where the apostrophe is placed (usually before or after the "s"). It's not for plualizing a name. This falls on deaf ears.
So many times they will just tell me that they think it "looks right" with the apostrophe. Here's an example..... "The Smith's wish you a Merry Christmas!"...ugh!
@haddon9 ah, you get it! don't give up! you're doing people a favor.
12-02-2019 08:21 PM
12-02-2019 08:23 PM
@ms traditional All I can say is that I try. However if they insist on incorrect grammar, I don't sign my name to the back & I also keep all messages just in case there are some disagreements down the road.
12-02-2019 08:26 PM
@haddon9 wrote:@ms traditional All I can say is that I try. However if they insist on incorrect grammar, I don't sign my name to the back & I also keep all messages just in case there are some disagreements down the road.
@haddon9 it's a battle, isn't it? and i don't blame you for not wanting your business reputation to be attached to such mistakes... and very smart of you to keep correspondence as proof in these crazy days.
12-02-2019 08:27 PM
@haddon9 LOL That would bother me too. But the customer is always right, of course.
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