It’s always a good day to celebrate the apostrophe, but Aug. 15 may be the best day: ’Tis International Apostrophe Day, the annual commemoration of a crooked little line that punches above its weight.

Possessive apostrophes show who or what owns something. The apostrophe goes in a different place depending on whether the owner is singular (one) or plural (more than one). Be careful with the word ...

Last year, grammatical tragedy struck in the heart of England when Birmingham City Council decreed that apostrophes were to be forever banished from public addresses. To the horror of purists and ...