Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them – with Michael Rosen.

Their mission: to correct the city’s poorly punctuated signs. Apostrophes may be small but they play a vital role in clarifying information within a sentence. It can be very easy to misuse ...

A man who led the war on improper use of apostrophes now admits defeat, saying his grammar vigilante campaign has been brought to an end by a culture of carelessness. So what now? The battle is ...

I noticed a letter over the signature "William H. Arnoux," which contained this statement: "The apostrophe 's' is an abbreviation of the pronoun his, and it was once so written, as is found in the ...

Apostrophes are those little floating comma shapes that denote contractions and possessives, and that sometimes even make ...

As a longtime University of Minnesota editor and writer (and an alumna who earned two English degrees), I was drawn to the Feb. 3 front-page article regarding whether to add an apostrophe to “the ...

It was for atrocities like these that in 2001, retired journalist John Richards founded the Apostrophe Protection Society. Last month, he gave up. “We, and our many supporters worldwide ...

The misplaced apostrophe was spotted on anti-littering posters around North Yorkshire A council is drawing up new signs after making a mess of a misplaced apostrophe in posters for an anti ...

A resident raised the alarm after noticing there was no apostrophe on a replacement sign for St Mary's Terrace in Twyford, Hampshire, said the BBC. After Winchester City Council found the old sign ...