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This message has been sent through the MASSOBS discussion list. Remember, clicking 'reply' sends your message to the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 professionalsı 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: > This message has been sent through the MASSOBS discussion list. > Remember, clicking 'reply' sends your message to the list. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hello, > > I am a new subscriber to MASSOBS, having just discovered it via Simon > Garfield`s excellent book. > > 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. > > What do other subscribers think ? I`d love to know. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > To leave this list email [log in to unmask] > Alternatively, send the following command to [log in to unmask] > leave massobs > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave this list email [log in to unmask] Alternatively, send the following command to [log in to unmask] leave massobs --