apostrophes Tag

Friend and SEO colleague, Rob Dobson, emailed me this pic this afternoon from the Fulham Road, London. Hmmm…nice shop. Poor sign. But La Maison is in good (bad?) company. Take a look at these corkers that have been sent to the MSN News site recently.  Do not cling? Do not climb? Or what the heck. Let's have both. Yeah, help us reduce crime against...

Depressing news in The Independent this week: Overseas students are better at English than British students. According to Professor Bernard Lamb, who carried out the research, British undergraduates are nearly three times more likely to make errors in written English than those from overseas. Depressing? Yes. Surprising? No. After spending a year studying the written work of his students, Lamb was appalled by...

Fellow copywriter Clare Lynch, over at daccreative, spotted this howler on a recruitment ad for an Internal Communications Manager, at a well known VOIP company. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate that they: Are excellent communicator's with solid writing ability, as you will have significant responsibility for writing and editing in-house communications. Ho. Ho. Seems like they need to fill this...

Ok, one more time. Man is singular. If the wardrobe essentials belong to a man it should be a man's wardrobe essentials.  Men is the plural of man. If the wardrobe essentials belong to the men it should be men's wardrobe essentials.  Men apostrophe S. Like this: men's. Not mens. Mens is not a word....

Birmingham City Council has decided, in their wisdom (ignorance), to drop apostrophes from all their road signs and place names. Councillor Len Gregory said, "I don't see the point of them. If it was to give more clarity to the people of Birmingham it might be something we would look at, but I see no benefits at all." Ok, the point of...