This little piece of punctuation has been labelled 'aberrant', 'troublesome' and 'ambivalent' and is regularly embarrassed in public places ...

In the debate over whether the apostrophe should be eliminated, there may appear to be connection with real life. However, there isn’t—it can only be classified as a kind of journalistic kabuki. Not ...

I fielded a question recently about “minding your p’s and q’s.” I had used that expression in a column a few weeks ago, and it prompted an email from a reader named Christine who was curious about the ...

Somewhere out there, in the teachers’ lounge at a teachers college, people are chatting and laughing and sipping coffee — blissfully unaware that they’re living exhibits in the Weird Punctuation Hall ...

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 ...

CD’s or LP’s from the 1980’s? No, CDs or LPs from the 1980s. Pizza at it’s best? No, pizza at its best. What’s with the growing misuse of that puny piece of punctuation, the apostrophe? The Apostrophe ...

LONDON (AFP) — Britain's Apostrophe Protection Society is closing down, its founder announced, saying sadly it has lost the fight against "ignorance and laziness." Former journalist John Richards, 96, ...