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 to know [...]

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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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