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Do you pay attention to apostrophe's (sic) and other punctuation?

The Horse @TheHorse (238284) • Walnut Creek, California 15 Mar 20

I read an interesting article on punctuation. The article focused on the apostrophe. Apparently, correct use of apostrophes became vogue only in the last century or two. In the article, it was pointed out that several noted...

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Apostrophe Catastrophe

pgn @pgntwo (22405) • Derry, Northern Ireland 1 Dec 19

Oh dear - proponents of the correct use of the apostrophe have given up and have shut-up shop, closing down the society that was started to educate people in the correct ways to use this handy punctuation mark. Alas, they say,...

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What is so difficult about using an apostrophe?

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 6 Oct 12

I realise that many people have difficulty with punctuation, but the correct use of an apostrophe seems to be becoming increasingly scarce. I am amazed at how common this is today. I receive numerous internal emails at work from...

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The catastrophe of the apostrophe in the queen's language...

tjades @tjades (3590) • Jamaica 8 Feb 09

I was totally unaware that there was a campaign in parts of England to get rid of the apostrophe 's used to show ownership in the english language. Apparently some are fed up with the apostrophe 's and want it removed from use...

queen of england

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Your stupid!

MarkyB21 @MarkyB21 (1545) 5 May 07

I apologise now as this is probably more of a rant than a discussion. Did anyone notice the mistake in the title of this discussion? Yes, I typed your when I should have typed you're. It really annoys me when people do this...

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