More and more frequently, polished writing raises suspicion. The everyday techniques taught in grammar school are being ...

“People don’t know why they get so upset about language,” David Crystal told me recently, over Skype from his home in Wales. “ ‘Potato’s,’ with an apostrophe ‘S,’ ” he offered, as an example of the ...

Not long ago, if I saw a sentence like “Tommy gets A’s and B’s,” I would have changed it to “Tommy gets A’s and Bs.” But only if I was working for a publication that followed Los Angeles Times’ ...

Example 1- The boys’ (not boys’s) shoes were outside the door. Example 2 - The dogs’ (not dogs’s) paws were dirty. Key fact Work out where to put the apostrophe by thinking what belongs to whom. The ...