In the debate over whether the apostrophe should be eliminated, there may appear to be connection with real life. However, there isn’t—it can only be classified as a kind of journalistic kabuki. Not ...

For some of us, grade-school grammar lessons haven’t stuck. I managed fairly well with my trusty Elements of Style until pretty recently, but the ongoing assault on grammar that is the Internet ...

In French, to show that someone possesses something, you use their word for “of,” which is “de”: La plume de ma tante. Spanish works the same way: La venganza de Moctezuma. Italian, too: Buca di Beppo ...

Not long ago I wrote a column about how sometimes in terms like “teachers’ union” and “homeowners’ policy” the apostrophe is optional. If you really mean that the first noun possesses the second, an ...

Since the board of Metro Parks Tacoma officially named the Hilltop neighborhood park “People’s Park,” shown on a sign along South Ninth Street, the question of what to do with another sign at the park ...

If you type into Google's search engine the term "two chihuahua's," complete with apostrophe, you'll get plenty of hits that include the apostrophe. The search term "competing agenda's" also brings up ...

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