The Apostrophe

Yes I think they may as well be abandoned. Don’t think they’re taught any more-too busy with these, what are they-fronted adverb things?

Yes, a sad day; laziness has won.

Our greengrocer has a blackboard outside his shop.
Written in chalk it says:
Cabbages’
New Potatoes’
etc. etc,
I haven’t the heart to tell him.

I'd like to think both GranE

Autocorrect has a lot to answer for......

A sad day indeed.

Pittcity, was your apostrophe ironic or was it the dratted auto-correct?

I thought that the Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe died with it's founder, Keith Waterhouse.

Cotswoldslass I quite agree! So sad.

Or even Grans'net

Let's keep the flag flying for the correct use of the apostrophe on GransNet or should that be Gran'snet

Another dumbing down - what a shame!

How to !!!!! Not Otto

It will only cause less confusion to those who don't know Otto use it .

I agree to some extent grannyrebel7. I am a stern advocate of a correctly used apostrophe.

However, if the apostrophe were to disappear altogether, I believe it might cause less confusion than continuing to be used incorrectly.

It would be left up to the reader to come the correct conclusion/meaning.

I am sure my very good friend, Ann, will still carry around her thick black pen and whip it out occasionally and get a pat on the back from me.