In November 2019, retired journalist John Richards announced that he was disbanding the Apostrophe Protection Society, a primarily internet-based organization he founded in 2001 as a resource for ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. The English language would be better off without apostrophes. Yes, I know thats an extreme statement, ...

It's Christmas! Celebrate by not doing violence to the laws of pluralization. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by DK-photo/iStock. Nothing quells my Christmas cheer as quickly as a stray 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 ...

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Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...

Not long ago I wrote a column about how sometimes in terms like “teachers’ union” and “homeowners’ policy” the apostrophe is optional. If you really mean that the first noun possesses the second, an ...