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Kill The Apostrophe
This website is for those who want to remove the apostrophe from the English language, on the basis that it serves only to annoy those who know how it is supposed to be used and to confuse those who dont.
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RT @guardianstyle For a provocative alternative view: "Kill the apostrophe" http://t.co/9PuobVcC ~~> thought you'd appreciate this @spillly
Kill the apostrophe? "the oft-misplaced punctuation mark is just silly" http://ow.ly/4JM4N & http://ow.ly/4JM4O via @AbsolutelyPR
Kill the apostrophe? "It annoys those who know how it is supposed to be used and confuses those who dont." http://t.co/FbQFmjti
@DJPlaZma @MetaKong There are others who hate it more than we do: http://www.killtheapostrophe.com/ #ApostropheHaters UNITE!
This is a disaster! There is a campaign to 'Kill The Apostrophe' http://t.co/keVEii4q #apostrophes
Sacre bleu! RT @guardianstyle: For a provocative alternative view: "Kill the apostrophe" http://t.co/q6Ab45cc #apostropheday
A whole website to show you're stupid? Kill the apostrophe?! Over my cold, dead body, moron
According to http://t.co/YTMgGmO4, apostrophes are a 'tool of snobbery'. I'm looking down on the illiterate by writing I'm instead of Im.
Bollocks! Why sacrifice clarity & richness of language because some people can't be bothered to learn? @RussellDornan http://t.co/CEjqw4hI
Having a debate about apostophes at work today. Are they still relevant?http://t.co/hdxjIEd
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Agree, it exasperates but I cannot believe there are people baying for its blood
"Kill The Apostrophe" http://t.co/JpIvOzrT H/T @WriteSenseMedia @RussTheScribe (I would happily be rid of many apostrophes, but not all.)
This anti-apostrophe fascism fills me with unbridled rage: http://t.co/k7oQLfQF
Oh dear. *shakes head* RT @RussTheScribe Whoever set this up is sadly misguided: http://t.co/CwylrFxr
Texting has diminished apostrophe use. If #punctuation removes ambiguity, isn't the apostrophe mostly useless anyway
