I work with foreign nationals and am shocked at how they can use the apostrophe correctly. Especially when living in a country that has indeed lost its love for it.
Eiain Lennon
(Southpoprt, UK)
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Hear, hear! I have long planned to have carved on my tombstone "He defended
the apostrophe."
James Buzard
Professor and Head
Literature Faculty
MIT
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Cambridge, MA 02139
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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.
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