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imiloaborland20

Have we murdered the apostrophe? - BBC Culture - 2 views

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shared by imiloaborland20 on 05 Mar 20 - No Cached
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  • imiloaborland20 on 05 Mar 20
     
    The Apostrophe Protection Society was disbanded last year after they "failed their mission," but does it really matter? Does something as minor to the English language like an apostrophe actually important enough to deserve a protection society?
Lara Cowell

Revealed: Self-styled 'grammar vigilante' corrects badly punctuated shop signs in dead ... - 0 views

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shared by Lara Cowell on 09 Apr 17 - No Cached
  • Lara Cowell on 09 Apr 17
     
    An anonymous self-styled 'grammar vigilante' has revealed that he has spent years changing offending shop signs in the dead of night. Wielding an 'apostrophiser' - a broom handle laden with two sponges and a number of stickers - the man has corrected tens of missing and misplaced apostrophes on shop banners across Bristol, England over the past 13 years.
erikliu17

A History of Punctuation for the Internet Age - The New Yorker - 0 views

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shared by erikliu17 on 15 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • erikliu17 on 15 Dec 15
     
    "People don't know why they get so upset about language," David Crystal told me recently, over Skype from his home in Wales. " 'Potato's,' with an apostrophe 'S,' " he offered, as an example of the kind of thing that drives some people batty, "but you ask them, 'Why are you so upset?', and they can't answer you."
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