Categories: just-life
Date: 30 January 2009 10:41:32
I will be the first to admit that I do occasionally use them wrong (though I'm sure that there are others who would do it for me), however even I suspect that Birmingham City Council are going a bit too far with their suggestion that the humble apostrophe should be dropped from all signs. Their main reason seems to be the fact that they don't know when to use them. I mean there is a difference between 'St Paul's Square' and St Pauls Square' apart from the fact that I automatically put the apostrophe and had to remove it.
Actually, I'm surprised the guy that they had on Radio4 from the council was only suggesting they drop the humble apostrophe, considering that apparently he was the councellor for "Kings Eath". (That'll be King's Heath) to everyone else who lives outside the eastend of London)
I find it quite ironic that in the same week as Birmingham are saying that punctuation in public places isn't really important we have a report that says that there are far too many people in England that are unable to read or write.