While as a nation Britain would mount the barricades for an
apostrophe, Britons are admirably adaptable when it comes to linguistic invention.
So while it loses the
apostrophe - it gains a capital C.
mission from one such
apostrophe midway through the poem.
It's a long time since I was at school but I seem to remember that the
apostrophe is added to text to signify that a letter has been purposely missed out in that particular position.
It would only be embarrassing if the
apostrophe was missing.
Since many arms use a combination of numbers and letters as part of the model number, an
apostrophe separates the model name from a sub variant.
Amir was Co-Owner and Chief Executive of
Apostrophe from 2004 to 2014.
Joe Jones We need an
apostrophe in my street - It''s either Bishop''s Walk or Bishops'' Walk.
Independent UK based publisher
Apostrophe Books announced on Tuesday that a new book by Andrew Kain, who served as an SAS soldier for 11 year, reveals the security secrets of the SAS to help readers to stay safe in difficult situations.
Meanwhile the Society for the Preservation of the
Apostrophe has declared war on Cambridge city council for removing the
apostrophes from new street names.
The reason behind the rule, the board says, is that the
apostrophe implies private ownership of a public space.
Arrogant though it may be, I consider it is little acts of resistance such as these that may stave off the eventual demise of the
apostrophe for a bit longer.
