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Apostrophe Protection Society


October 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to the October 2025 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society . If you’re a new member, you’ve already had a personal welcome — but let me say it again: Welcome!  And to all our long-standing members, thank you, as always, for your continued support. Apostrophes in the media There's been very little media coverage of apostrophes since the last newsletter. I'd like to think that this is because everyone now knows how to use them correctly, and that no further e
Bob McCalden
Oct 23
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July 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to the July 2025 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society . If you’re a new member, you’ve already had a personal...
Bob McCalden
Jul 29
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April 2025 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the April 2025 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. If you're a new member, I've already welcomed...
Bob McCalden
Apr 6
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January 2025 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the January 2025 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. I wish you a very happy New Year - may your...
Bob McCalden
Jan 2
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Slow Puncture - by Brian Bilston
Brian Bilston is a brilliant and very clever poet. Here's a punctuation poem example for you:
Bob McCalden
Nov 1, 2024
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October 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the October 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society.  As always, thank you for being members and...
Bob McCalden
Oct 20, 2024
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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...
Bob McCalden
Oct 20, 2024
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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...
Bob McCalden
Aug 11, 2024
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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...
Bob McCalden
Aug 3, 2024
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