Reports this week about the demise of the Apostrophe Protection Society may have been greatly exaggerated. The Apostrophe Protection Society was set up in 2001 in the UK by retired journalist John ...

Virginia's Kenneth Parent snapped this photo at an Oregon motel this summer. Those apostrophes? You don't need them. (Kenneth Parent) Perspective by John Kelly Punctuation marks don’t come much ...

Until recently, apostrophes were used to form the plurals of abbreviations (MA's), dates (1980's) and words or characters serving as words (if's and but's). Today we don't use an apostrophe with the & ...

For a certain kind of language critic, highlighting errors of punctuation is a sport unto itself. It is rare for a week to go by without some kind of punc-mark complaint gracing my inbox. "What has ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sad news from the land of language. After 18 years of campaigning for proper punctuation, the fabulously named ...

A man who led the war on improper use of apostrophes now admits defeat, saying his grammar vigilante campaign has been brought to an end by a culture of carelessness. So what now? The battle is over, ...

The English language would be better off without apostrophes. Yes, I know thats an extreme statement, and yes, I know its not likely ever to happen. But its true. Heres why. From our morning news ...

But they counted without the punctilious devotees of traditional grammar who came to its aid – and accused them of nothing short of “murder”. The move was branded “appalling, disgusting and pointless” ...