Apostrophes – and Surnames!

Posted by execva on October 26, 2009

Further to my blog post about the rules for apostrophes, I’ve been having a very interesting discussion with Matthew Male of Future Perfect – an awesome grammar site from the UK. He has graciously allowed me to share the following information regarding the use of the apostrophe with surnames ending in ‘S’. It’s always tricky [...]

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In Homage to the Humble Apostrophe

Posted by execva on September 24, 2009

Okay – I am so over seeing apostrophes misused and under-used! And most importantly by VAs who should know how to use them! There are only two places an apostrophe should be used: 1. To show the contraction of two words (until such time as the ‘powers that be’ decide we no longer need them [...]

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