"With regret, I have to announce that, after some 18 years, I have decided to close the Apostrophe Protection Society," he said on his website."One is that at 96 I am cutting back on my commitments and the second is that fewer organisations and individuals are now caring about the correct use of the apostrophe in the English language.
"We, and our many supporters worldwide, have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!"Mr Richards was driven to start the society upon his retirement as a newspaper subeditor. He said he became"irritated" during his work to witness how often the apostrophe was used incorrectly.
A bio on his website notes:"It constantly amazed him how often reporters, especially the younger ones, seemed to have no idea of the correct use of this very useful little device."
Interesting translating to another European language, such as Greek etc. No apostrophes because every word is pluralised plus an extra word thrown in to indicate ownership.
, please, please tell me that the incorrect use of the apostrophe in this tweet is an attempt at humour? Otherwise, shame...
So funny 😂 this is the ABC I like. Please drop the political partisanship though. Conservatives are important to the sustainability of our democracy. They are not evil, but people with valid world views who we can learn from.
That's simply depressing. And your 'it's doors' trolling effort is just plain NASTY, ABC staffer..... I'd complain to ABCmediawatch but I'm off to get some:
Its. Come on. Its. Not it’s. That means it is. The National Broadcaster!!!!
😉 (We see what you did there)
Very funny. Not.
Thats just mean.
ajcornell jemmawight
No doubt the ABC will be delighted with this news as they are oblivious of their common mistake.
oh my God NO! ''
Who else saw this story title on ABC News online 😅
Is this deliberate?
MERVMURRAY have you any time available to take on this role?
Freudian slip....brilliant
It’s means it is.
I'm very hopeful that the 'closes it's [it is] doors' is just ABC News's little giggle ... it IS your little giggle isn't it?
One see's what you did there.
So glad to see that correct apostrophe
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