Apostrophes are the curly floating commas in sentences that usually indicate possession or a contraction. There are a few set phrases and holidays, however, that also use apostrophes. In fact, ...

After VERIFYING how to spell canceled (with one l or two), a viewer asked us to VERIFY another grammar inquiry you might have been breaking for years. Beth Miller from Guilford County asked, "Why ...

Farmers markets are one of summer’s simplest, sweetest delights. Unless you care about proper apostrophe placement, in which case they’ll wilt your soul like arugula planted in full sun. First off, ...

I fielded a question recently about “minding your p’s and q’s.” I had used that expression in a column a few weeks ago, and it prompted an email from a reader named Christine who was curious about the ...

It was for atrocities like these that in 2001, retired journalist John Richards founded the Apostrophe Protection Society. Last month, he gave up. “We, and our many supporters worldwide, have done our ...

That’s it. I’m at the end of my rope. Or, more appropriately, “my rope’s end” — because what I’m so worked up about is the growing misuse of that puny piece of punctuation called the apostrophe. The ...

Whatever possessed Vice President Kamala Harris to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, it probably wasn’t a desire to inflame arguments about apostrophes. But it doesn’t take much to get ...