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January 2025 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the January 2025 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. I wish you a very happy New Year - may your...
Bob McCalden
Jan 2
536

Slow Puncture - by Brian Bilston
Brian Bilston is a brilliant and very clever poet. Here's a punctuation poem example for you:
Bob McCalden
Nov 1, 2024
98

October 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the October 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society.  As always, thank you for being members and...
Bob McCalden
Oct 20, 2024
543


Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval
From "The Guardian" newspaper, 7 October 2024 Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not...
Bob McCalden
Oct 20, 2024
370

New York Times - Is It Harris’ or Harris’s? Add a Walz, and It’s Even Trickier.
This story appeared in The New York Times on August 10, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/harris-walz-apostrophe-possessive.html...
Bob McCalden
Aug 11, 2024
203

Gerrit in t'bin
The Guardian - UK - Friday 2 August 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/02/yorkshire-apostrophe-row-raises-bigger-q...
Bob McCalden
Aug 3, 2024
455

July 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the July 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...
Bob McCalden
Jul 29, 2024
616
North Yorkshire Council and the Missing Apostrophe
This is a selection of links to media coverage of the North Yorkshire Council decision to remove apostrophes from street signs - and the...
Bob McCalden
May 19, 2024
90

May 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the May 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...
Bob McCalden
May 19, 2024
750
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