Slow Puncture - by Brian Bilston
Brian Bilston is a brilliant and very clever poet. Here's a punctuation poem example for you:
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Bob McCalden
Oct 20
October 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the October 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and...
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Bob McCalden
Oct 20
Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval
From "The Guardian" newspaper, 7 October 2024 Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not...
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Bob McCalden
Aug 11
New York Times - Is It Harris’ or Harris’s? Add a Walz, and It’s Even Trickier.
This story appeared in The New York Times on August 10, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/harris-walz-apostrophe-possessive.html...
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Bob McCalden
Aug 3
Gerrit in t'bin
The Guardian - UK - Friday 2 August 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/02/yorkshire-apostrophe-row-raises-bigger-q...
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Bob McCalden
Jul 29
July 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the July 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...
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Bob McCalden
May 19
North Yorkshire Council and the Missing Apostrophe
This is a selection of links to media coverage of the North Yorkshire Council decision to remove apostrophes from street signs - and the...
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Bob McCalden
May 19
May 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the May 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...
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Bob McCalden
Apr 1
April 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the April 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...
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Bob McCalden
Mar 21
Butter No Parsnips!
They say that "Fine words butter no parsnips". But I was delighted to talk at length recently with the team behind the popular Butter No...
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Bob McCalden
Feb 5
February 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the February 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society! As always, thank you for being members and...
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Bob McCalden
Dec 17, 2023
Newstalk National Radio - Ireland
I was interviewed on "The Moncrieff Show" on Newstalk National Radio in Ireland on 22 November. Like the Radio 5 Live interview, it was...
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Bob McCalden
Dec 15, 2023
December 2023 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the December newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society! As always, thank you for being members and for...
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Bob McCalden
Nov 27, 2023
Radio 5 Live interview
Partly prompted by the St Mary's Terrace apostrophe story, I was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live's "In my opinion ..." slot. The format...
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Bob McCalden
Nov 26, 2023
The Times view on an apostrophe row: What’s Not To Like?
Defenders of the apostrophe are right to admire this versatile linguistic device The Times Leading Articles Saturday November 18 2023,...
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Bob McCalden
Nov 25, 2023
An apostrophe is saved!
A recent story from Hampshire, England, about an apostrophe that was dropped when the local council replaced a local road sign has caught...
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Bob McCalden
Oct 9, 2023
October Newsletter
Dear APS members, As always, I'm pleased to welcome all our new members this month to the Apostrophe Protection Society, and to once...
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Bob McCalden
Sep 20, 2023
Who are you?
When a new member signs up, I aim to get a "welcome" email sent out fairly promptly (certainly within a week or two), and then the...
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Bob McCalden
Sep 14, 2023
The barbarian's are at the gate *
Further to the article in the Sunday Telegraph, the Telegraph Puzzles team followed it up with this little article extract on 4...
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Bob McCalden
Sep 12, 2023
Radio 2 interview
I was interviewed by Jeremy Vine on his BBC Radio 2 programme on Monday 4 September. Here's the audio clip:
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Bob McCalden
Sep 12, 2023
RTE-1 interview
I was thrilled to be interviewed live on RTE Radio1 (Ireland's national broadcaster) on Friday 8 September. Here's a link to the audio...
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Bob McCalden
Sep 12, 2023
Do rogue apostrophes make your blood boil? Join the club.
The following article appeared in "Saga Exceptional" magazine on 7 September 2023. Author - Hannah Verdier https://www.exceptional.com/li...
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Bob McCalden
Sep 11, 2023
September Newsletter
Dear APS members, Once again, I'm delighted to welcome all our new members this month to the Apostrophe Protection Society, and to warmly...
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Bob McCalden
Sep 4, 2023
All’s forgiven, apostrophe guardian tells Waterstones
The APS is back in The Times again! Here's the story published on 4 September 2023. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/alls-forgiven-apos...
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