From a Web site: "If the cyst is small, its' rupture usually occurs unnoticed." This is an apostrophe violation! "Its" is a possessive adjective, as in "Its tail is wagging." "It's" is a contraction of the words "it is," as in "It's raining/It is raining." "Its'" is not a word.

... this was a lithograph intended for widespread distribution. Rather amazing, huh? So give the next apostrophe misuser you encounter a break; they just might be the next John L. Magee. Hopefully this will console ... apostrophes that makes us the enlightened society we are today! Brazenly misuse enough apostrophe’s, and maybe gay couple’s will be treated fairly, everyone will get health ...

... two plural words are side by side, but one of them (and not the other) inexplicably includes an errant apostrophe to form the plural. I can see how a misunderstanding would lead to the error here and there, but ... misuse to appear in side by side plural words, neither of which requires an apostrophe? Yes, this is venting. But I'm also genuinely curious. It has come to the point that when I come ...

Matt forwarded this blog post he wrote about the omnipresent "Nacho's" found at St. Louis sports venues: At this particular pit stop, we became overly amused with the spelling of "Nacho's" on the concession stand price sign. Nacho's....with a possessive apostrophe. Interesting, to say the least.

... at how vehemently she defended her mistake when in reality, it's exactly the opposite when it comes to an apostrophe for the word 'it'. It+is= it's and when you use it to denote possessive, you use it ... , whopping meekly accepted!" Haha! For those who are still curious, there are websites that have dedicated their lives to apostrophe abuse (how cool, huh?) - Pic courtesy:

... attempt. They could still do worse than investing a couple $ thou in annual seeds: California poppies for spring, sunflowers for summer and autumn. Apostrophe Abuse: It is almost overwhelming today; more and more plurals are spelled with an apostrophe separating the "s" from the rest of the word. Wrong. WRONG. W*R*O*N*G!!! And yet ...

... have eight sides). Image by Flickr user Martin Ujlaki. The ways people abuse the English language is a rich source of blogging material, no matter how specific you want to get. Apostrophe Abuse and Apostrophe Catastrophes both document signs, headlines, and other instances of the misuse of one particular punctuation mark. The “blog” of “unnecessary ...

... word "duplication" should suffice. ### And on a completely separate note (for those who cannot tolerate apostrophe abuse): What the heck is that at the top right corner of the "s" at the end of ... on the publicity photo for the show? I hope it is just the funky font and it is really supposed to be a part of the "s", but on a quick glance it look like an apostrophe.

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... fails to bring on schadenfreude-laced tears of hysterical laughter: Via Kevin, thanks. Click here to see the letter itself embiggened. See also: Passive Aggressive Notes Fake APStylebook Apostrophe Abuse My Very Worst Date The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks Texts From Last Night Post tags: Culture, Memes, ...