Please, PLEASE, don't...

[kbdfr]

Someone wrote this recently on DT:

I wonder if he know's […] the answer's we have been looking for […]. What industry secret's are they hiding […]?

And I thought the so-called "Deppen-Apostroph" was a German aberration…

[seebart]

If you can't use an apostrophe, you don't know your shit

- David Marsh

https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind- ... apostrophe

You've been kbdfr'erd.

[kbdfr]

Thank you for the article, seebart

Quoted from there (re-layouted and emphasis added):

To sum up: apostrophes are the difference
between a supermarket that knows its shit and one that knows it's shit;
between feeling you're nuts and feeling your nuts […]

[Mal-2]

[scottc]

In English, they call it the "Greengrocer's Apostrophe". Or should they be be "Greengrocer's's Apostrophe's"?

[seebart]

Thank you for the article, seebart

Quoted from there (re-layouted and emphasis added):

To sum up: apostrophes are the difference
between a supermarket that knows its shit and one that knows it's shit;
between feeling you're nuts and feeling your nuts […]

Yes, he's got some fantastic examples that are nothing but british blunt. What's also fun is to use " ` " instead of " ' ". Wrong, but fun.

[Hypersphere]

It is good to know that I am not the only one who is driven mad by the catastrophe of apostrophe misuse!

[Halvar]

Not trying to sound apologetic, but there's no reason for an apodictic apotheosis of current language rules! Languages change, a few apostrophy mistakes don't mean impending apocalyse! To millenials, our old rules might already seem apocryphal.

[fohat]

To millenials, our old rules might already seem apocryphal.

Try to get a teenager to read "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"