Eldorado Posted December 1, 2019 #1 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) "A society dedicated to preserving the correct use of the apostrophe has shut down because "ignorance has won". "Retired journalist John Richards, 96, started the Apostrophe Protection Society in 2001 to make sure the “much-abused” punctuation mark was being used correctly. "But Mr Richards has now announced: “With regret I have to announce that, after some 18 years, I have decided to close the Apostrophe Protection Society." https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/apostrophe-society-shuts-down-because-ignorance-has-won-a4301391.html "We, and our many supporters worldwide, have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won! " At the Apostrophe Society dot org website (which will remain up): https://www.apostrophe.org.uk/ Edited December 1, 2019 by Still Waters Fixed source link. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted December 1, 2019 #2 Share Posted December 1, 2019 I count this as a win. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted December 1, 2019 #3 Share Posted December 1, 2019 It sounds like he's gone off in a huff. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted December 1, 2019 #4 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Still Waters said: It sounds like he's gone off in a huff. He's 96! He's probably gone off in an ambulance. His dying words will be..... "There should be no apostrophe in AMBULANCE'S ONLY" Edited December 1, 2019 by acute 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcom Posted December 1, 2019 #5 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Just as long as the Semicolon society stays intact! 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted December 1, 2019 #6 Share Posted December 1, 2019 42 minutes ago, tmcom said: Just as long as the Semicolon society stays intact! that and regular colonoscopy 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted December 1, 2019 #7 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Rise of the hyphen... ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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