12-01-2019, 12:44 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-li...e-50602665
A retired journalist who founded a campaign to preserve the correct use of the apostrophe is bowing out because "ignorance has won".
The Apostrophe Protection Society was started by John Richards in 2001 to tackle misuse of the punctuation mark.
His work involved advising people on proper use and writing to organisations to highlight their apostrophe abuse.
The 96-year-old said: "We have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won."
His website contains a list of rules on where to place apostrophes, as well as a photo gallery detailing dozens of examples of misuse.
Wow, hard to believe this guy was still going at 96 years old !
But, yeah... I've long since resigned myself to the fact that people are going to use these incorrectly. When I do see them misused, I might silently chuckle to myself, but nothing more than that .
A retired journalist who founded a campaign to preserve the correct use of the apostrophe is bowing out because "ignorance has won".
The Apostrophe Protection Society was started by John Richards in 2001 to tackle misuse of the punctuation mark.
His work involved advising people on proper use and writing to organisations to highlight their apostrophe abuse.
The 96-year-old said: "We have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won."
His website contains a list of rules on where to place apostrophes, as well as a photo gallery detailing dozens of examples of misuse.
Wow, hard to believe this guy was still going at 96 years old !
But, yeah... I've long since resigned myself to the fact that people are going to use these incorrectly. When I do see them misused, I might silently chuckle to myself, but nothing more than that .
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