apostrophe protection

Britain's Apostrophe Protection Society
Somebody has to speak up for oppressed punctuation marks! The Birmingham City Council decided that all place names will officially not carry apostrophes, e.g., "St. Paul's Square" becomes "St. Pauls Square." That's been official policy in the U.S. since 1890, way before texting. Still, the APS head worries that this is one of those Nazi "when they came for the apostrophes" things: "If you don't have apostrophes, is there any point in full stops, or semi-colons, or question marks?" Daily Mail
     Posted By: Chuck - Mon Feb 02, 2009
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Conversely, we also need to stop the overuse of exclamation points. If we do not, our entire society may become desensitized to excitement, or we will all just yell at each other all day.
Posted by Matt in Florida on 02/02/09 at 09:52 AM
iagreeonehundredpercentthatwejustspendalotoftimewithuselesskeystrokesandtheyshouldallbeeliminatednotehowmanykeystrokesivesavedinthisonepostingalone
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/02/09 at 10:24 AM
I see that the word wrap routine isn't quite up to the task! 😉
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/02/09 at 10:25 AM
Ok, if we're going to be this picky, we really nee to stop with the ALL CAPS. It drives me nuts!
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 02/02/09 at 10:59 AM
YES, KW!!!!!! IT IS VERY ANNOYING!!!
Posted by Matt in Florida on 02/02/09 at 11:25 AM
IAGREEONEHUNDREDPERCENTTHATWEJUSTSPENDA
LOTOFTIMEWITHUSELESSKEYSTROKESANDTHEY
SHOULDALLBEELIMINATEDNOTEHOWMANYKEY
STROKESIVESAVEDINTHISONEPOSTINGALONE
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/02/09 at 11:30 AM
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