Comments on: The Apostrophe, or Lack Thereof http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/07/the-apostrophe-or-lack-thereof/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: ChemicalLove http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/07/the-apostrophe-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-34211 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:46:53 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6259#comment-34211 great stuff but you missed a couple (minor) spellin mistakes near the end lol and my comment from earlier hasn’t shown but hey…..

]]> By: Diane Henders http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/07/the-apostrophe-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-23975 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:38:10 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6259#comment-23975 The use of “it’s” instead of “its” drives me bonkers, along with any form of apostrophe-for-plural (the “book’s” example in EATS, SHOOTS, AND LEAVES makes me twitch).

But if I’m using an acronym that ends in S and it needs to be pluralized, I just have to put an apostrophe between the S’s. I guess if your apostrophe-killer has his/her way, the correct form would be “Ss”…?

]]> By: Rachel McMahon http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/07/the-apostrophe-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-23974 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:00:59 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6259#comment-23974 The one that makes me cringe is the use of an apostrophe in a word that is possessive without one. Her’s, our’s, your’s. And I see it every day.

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