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Grammar guru: Whose vs. who’s (and your vs. you’re, too!)

Grammar Guru is back at it. After a bit of a hiatus, we’ve returned with a lesson on the apostrophe mix-ups we see every ...
The Guardian

Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval

Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not traditionally correct in German A relaxation of official rules around the correct use of apostrophes in German has not ...
The Atlantic

The Abused, Misused Apostrophe

Wednesday was a dark day for the apostrophe, used in the English language to indicate the possessive case ("Joe's Pub") or a contraction ("I'm here."). In New York, apostrophes took center stage in ...
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: When to use an apostrophe to form a plural, even though it seems wrong

When it comes to apostrophes, there are a lot of do’s and don’ts. The least-understood and most crucial of all is: Don’t use an apostrophe to form a plural. One luau plus another luau is not two ...
BBC

Have we murdered the apostrophe?

Last year, the Apostrophe Protection Society was disbanded, having supposedly failed in its mission. But what is the correct use of the grammatical mark anyway, asks Helene Schumacher. Are you ...