This message has been sent through the MASSOBS discussion list. Remember, clicking 'reply' sends your message to the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Re: [MASSOBS] The demise of the apostropohe and other horrors Lynn, I couldn't agree more.
As a proof reader/copy editor and writer, I am faced with these lazy mistakes on a daily basis.
Sadly, I also deal with the same ‘professionals’ and despite repeating the reasons for the apostrophe, they continue to get wrong.
It's also difficult when clients send copy to be edited - and they insist on the grammar remaining the same.
With you entirely here!
Kind regards
Lesley Rowe


On 31/1/09 23:01, "Lynn Sharkey" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Hello,
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> I am a new subscriber to MASSOBS, having just discovered it via Simon
> Garfield`s excellent book.
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> I am appalled by by the current thinking on the use/misuse of the apostrophe -
>  it seems to be " If in doubt, leave it out!!" Why can`t English grammar be
> taught properly these days? Or indeed ANY kind of grammar. I remember
> conjugating French verbs for five years before I was allowed to be considered
> good enough to sit French "O" Level. Nowadays it seems to have dwindled to
> mere conversational French, just enough to get by on a daytrip. And as for
> poor English grammar, that seems to have been reduced to textspeak. Let us
> all sing out for our dear apostrophe or it will be lost for ever.
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> What do other subscribers think ? I`d love to know.
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