Okay. I attend a small, private liberal arts college. Some of my classmates and fellow humaninies majors still can't use apostrophes correctly. It comes up on group writing assignments, posters and ...

In the debate over whether the apostrophe should be eliminated, there may appear to be connection with real life. However, there isn’t—it can only be classified as a kind of journalistic kabuki. Not ...

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 ...

Apostrophes are the curly floating commas in sentences that usually indicate possession or a contraction. There are a few set phrases and holidays, however, that also use apostrophes. In fact, ...

Let’s face it, grammar is more important for some people than for others. An ambulance driver probably has more important things to worry about than whether to hyphenate adverbs ending in “ly.” (FYI: ...

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 ...

Iain Wood from Belgium asks: When I went to school, the apostrophe was used to integrate another word, such as 'it's mine' (it is mine). But when the apostrophe was placed AFTER the word, such as ...

So it is improper to place an apostrophe between the "0" and the "s." And when you remove digits from numbers or letters from words, you should use an apostrophe to denote something is missing. So the ...