The abuse and misuse of the humble apostrophe
Misusing the apostrophe in plurals
By far the most common abuse of the apostrophe is when plurals are involved. Some people simply cannot resist the urge to slip one in between the word and the ‘s’ that makes it a plural!
How many times have you seen:
When what you should have seen was:
The apostrophe should never ever be used to signify a plural. It’s abuse of the overuse variety!
Forgetting the apostrophe
Some say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. But in my case – and when it involves the apostrophe – it just makes my blood pressure rocket.
Classic cases of neglect include:
Reinstating the apostrophe to its rightful home, the above examples should read:
That’s better – normal blood pressure restored.