Chrissie writes…
Even the big guns can’t afford a grammar check!
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Author Archives: ApostropheAbuse
You’re kidding, right?
Fried Oreo’s!
You already have plenty of examples of people using an apostrophe to make a noun plural, but I thought I’d give you one more.
This one comes from a vendor at the Newark Portuguese Festival in New Jersey.
Thanks, Jacki!
It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Cheesy…
Lisa writes:
I was pleasantly suprised to see that this lovely peice of graffiti had already made it to your site. Ironically, I have a picture of it too! Here is my sister and I pondering this age old question.
The Campaign to Abolish the Apostrophe
There’s been a debate in the comments recently about whether or not apostrophes are really necessary. Check out this timely article on About.com, entitled The Campaign to Abolish the Apostrophe.
Got Cheese Poof’s?
Beth sent in this great graffiti that she captured in Galveston, TX:
Check out the Atrocious Apostrophe’s pool @ flickr for some more examples of how NOT to use the apostrophe.
Why cartoon cats shouldn’t teach grammar…
John writes…
Can it get worse? Not only did they replace the plural/possessive S with a Z, but they put the apostrophe in the wrong place. Would “kidz’ meal” have been better? No, I don’t think so. I think this might be one situation where you’re better off just leaving the apostrophe off, if you insist on replacing an S with a Z.
Arkansans Quibble Over the Possessive ‘S’
Rep. Steve Harrelson, a Democrat in the Arkansas legislature, yesterday introduced a resolution to declare the correct way to write the possessive form of the state’s name. That would be, he says, “Arkansas’s.”
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Butt’s Only
Found outside a building where I work… it actually probably took them significant extra effort to add the apostrophe in, and it’s just so painfully wrong it makes me want to poke things in my eyes. On the plus side, “butt can” is fun to say.
Thanks, John!
