Apostrophe Protection Society

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

Welcome to the July 2025 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society . If you’re a new member, you’ve already had a personal...

Dear members, Welcome to the April 2025 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. If you're a new member, I've already welcomed...

Dear members, Welcome to the January 2025 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. I wish you a very happy New Year - may your...

Brian Bilston is a brilliant and very clever poet. Here's a punctuation poem example for you:

Dear members, Welcome to the October 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society.   As always, thank you for being members and...

From "The Guardian" newspaper, 7 October 2024 Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not...

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...

The Guardian - UK - Friday 2 August 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/02/yorkshire-apostrophe-row-raises-bigger-q...

Dear members, Welcome to the July 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...

This is a selection of links to media coverage of the North Yorkshire Council decision to remove apostrophes from street signs - and the...

Dear members, Welcome to the May 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...

Dear members, Welcome to the April 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...

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...

Dear members, Welcome to the February 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society! As always, thank you for being members and...

I was interviewed on "The Moncrieff Show" on Newstalk National Radio in Ireland on 22 November. Like the Radio 5 Live interview, it was...

Dear members, Welcome to the December newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society! As always, thank you for being members and for...

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...

Defenders of the apostrophe are right to admire this versatile linguistic device The Times Leading Articles Saturday November 18 2023,...

A recent story from Hampshire, England, about an apostrophe that was dropped when the local council replaced a local road sign has caught...

Dear APS members, As always, I'm pleased to welcome all our new members this month to the Apostrophe Protection Society, and to once...

Further to the article in the Sunday Telegraph, the Telegraph Puzzles team followed it up with this little article extract on 4...

I was interviewed by Jeremy Vine on his BBC Radio 2 programme on Monday 4 September. Here's the audio clip:

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...