It was a modest proposal to ditch the humble apostrophe. Who’d’ve guessed it’d cause such a fuss? Not the officials in southwestern England whose idea it was to abolish the smudgy little punctuation ...

He walks softly and carries a big stick. He uses it to make marks that look like little sticks. He prowls the streets at night, terrorizing shopkeepers and sign makers alike. But I’m betting regular ...

The apostrophe can be used to show who things belong to. If an item belongs to something, the apostrophe shows us who, by sitting at the end of the noun. If that noun doesn't end in s, the apostrophe ...

From now on, no sign produced by Birmingham City Council will contain the punctuation mark. Debates over whether Kings Norton really should be King's - or even Kings' - Norton may rage on, but they ...

The English language would be better off without apostrophes. Yes, I know thats an extreme statement, and yes, I know its not likely ever to happen. But its true. Heres why. From our morning news ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sad news from the land of language. After 18 years of campaigning for proper punctuation, the fabulously named ...