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The apostrophe policy was reported last month by a local news site, The Stray Ferret, after a resident complained to the publication about the new sign for St. Mary’s Walk. Image ...
The apostrophe mark from the road sign on St Mary’s Terrace in Twyford, Hampshire, disappeared in late 2022 when the original sign was replaced with a new one by the city council.
Grammar campaigners have won a year-long fight to get an apostrophe reinstated on their street sign. Residents were left outraged after the punctuation mark was left off the new road furniture of ...
A group of self-confessed 'punctuation pedants' have won in a year-long campaign to get the apostrophe on their street sign restored after the local council swapped it with one which was ...
The sign in Wembdon, which says "Business's open as usual", went up at the start of a six-month road closure. But the local pub and shop said they had been struggling after being "cut off" from ...
A rogue apostrophe on a town centre sign caused "bewilderment and irritation" when it was pointed out to the chairman of a society set up to protect the much-abused punctuation marks.
Some people might blame the collapse of the apostrophe on the smartphone’s rise. Bob’s not one of them. Someone’s text is like a comment in the pub: There’s no need to call the grammar police.
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 ...
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Apostrophes may also be used, depending on style, to indicate the contraction of a number: “2009” becomes “’09.” In fact, since the possessive apostrophe is really replacing the word “of” (the book of ...
A road sign in a Somerset village containing a rogue apostrophe has been corrected following complaints. The sign in Wembdon, which says "Business's open as usual", went up at the start of a six ...
A road sign in a Somerset village with a wrongly inserted apostrophe is corrected following complaints.
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