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Life & death of some apostrophes

Long life to the apostrophe! However, apparently not. Birmingham City Council in Britain had decided to drop apostrophes from its street signs eg ‘St Johns Road’ and not ‘St John’s Road’. Note: Photos from bbc.co.uk/kent Would you agree to killing off the apostrophe? Read more here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2009/02/04/apostrophe_feature.shtml You think you know all about the use [...]

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