Once more I ponder the age-old question: what is it about apostrophes that so many people fail to understand?
I am wading my way through a book edit in which two-thirds of the corrections require the deletion, placement or shifting of an apostrophe.
In case you are among the perplexed masses, apostrophes do not denote a plural, as in: lots of comments’.
However, we could do with one in: the mans comments. But not placed thus: the mans’ comments.
Oh dear. I will soldier on …
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