Re: RFI wild Emu's in Sydney

[Trevor Hampel <>]

Shirley Cook wrote:
> wild emu's WHAT?
>
> Shirley Cook
Good try Shirley.

Is it time to concede not only the battle but also the war on the use 
and abuse of the humble apostrophe?
After 35 years of trying to teach the fine art of using this little 
understood part of punctuation in the classroom, I despair that it was 
perhaps all in vain.
There is a small glimmer of hope. My daughter has held the banner high 
now for over 15 years as the self declared "Apostrophe Nazi" in her 
school, ostentatiously correcting all errors on notices in the staff 
room. She is sorely tempted to carry a permanent marker when out 
shopping, threatening many times to apply the same fervent, vigorous 
editing on all advertising banners.
The Apostrophe is dead.
Long live the Apostrophe.