It's Time to Celebrate Apostrophes' Day

[not2easy]

'Tis true, August 15 is International Apostrophe Day according to the Apostrophe Protection Society [apostrophe.org.uk]

Though it's often abused we just couldn't do word stuff without it.

[phranque]

'twasn't my plan to take a holiday today...

[not2easy]

OK, yes, it's Tuesday, right? But you can't say it's not a good idea or you just don't want to.

[lexipixel]

If you're having an Apostrophes' Day celebration party, here's the appropriate tunes ---

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[lucy24]

What do we do when a group of Grocer’s Apo’strophe’s trie’s to invade the party?

[not2easy]

They're not welcome and will need to take their car's and bicycle's back on the road's.

[tangor]

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(removes a letter ... I just removed my post.)

[Martin Potter]

Then there was the Canadian CBC television news editor who got confused about the obvious differences between plural and possessive senses, complicated by the unnatural "sound" of a particular name in the possessive sense. Concerning the wildfire that is now threatening the residents of Yellowknife in our Northwest Territories, the editor approved a screen caption that mentioned "Yellowknives residents ..." Another win for the apostrophobes.

[lucy24]

:: idly wondering if the said CBC editor roots for the Maple Leaves ::

[blend27]

I've been saying - People should just switch to square brackets. all along.... Much easier when 'doin' cut and pasting...

Too many versions of Apostrophes: Single Squiggly, Double Squiggly, Left Double Curly tick and s``t..

Left along most people can[t] even spell the word Apostrophes[i know i get it wrong half the time].

or Just say TICK!

[lucy24]

The really exasperating thing is that the possessive apostrophe has absolutely no historical or etymological justification anyway. It’s just a byproduct of a 17th-century folk etymology involving “his”. (Weirder still, someone in Germany must have thought this was a brilliant notion, because you'll see the occasional 19th-century work putting wholly spurious apostrophes in front of the genitive s.)
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