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Article: An idiot's guide to the apostrophe Councils issue crib sheets advising staff on basics of grammar to stop embarrassing blunders on signs
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- August 30, 2009
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COUNCIL STAFF are being issued with an "idiot's guide" to the
correct use of apostrophes and other punctuation marks in an attempt
to stem their misuse on street signs and in official notices.
The move comes amid exasperation about the increasing number of
grammatical errors on documents and signboards throughout Britain.
Readers of The Sunday Telegraph have submitted dozens of examples of
poor grammar after our report about one man's campaign to restore
the correct use of the apostrophe in his home town.
Last Sunday we told how Stefan Gatward, who has become known as
the Apostrophe Man of Royal Tunbridge Wells, had identified several
examples of street signs that were missing apostrophes or ...