The Apostrophe Protection Society, founded in 2001, ceased operations in 2019. Its founder, John Richards, died in 2021. Now, under the leadership of Bob McCalden, the APS is back (The Irish Times ). Here’s the society’s website.
The apostrophe plays a small but critical role in these pages. My favorite apostrophe: the one that brought me a box in the mail, marked RATTLE OK.
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023
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I love the story about the vegetable brushes 😄
ReplyDeleteWhat I didn’t mention in that post: I brought the box into a freshman comp class as evidence that details matter. I don’t think I ever saw a class so impressed with me. He got free stuff!
ReplyDeleteLOL. Even if just a free veggie brush!
ReplyDeleteHe sent three (three!) brushes. Plus a banana keeper.
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