•January 12, 2022•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

The willy-nilly placement of apostrophes in writing is a common problem and one we should resolve to correct in 2022.
Come on. It can’t be as difficult as shutting out the siren call of simple carbs that emanates from the cupboard and the fridge, which is the width of a wall away from me in my home office.
With any luck, you haven’t gotten back any of your holiday cards stamped “Return to Sender: Inappropriate Use of Apostrophe in Plural Surname.”
My not sending cards in 2021 ensured I made no such blunders. But that seems an aggressively anti-social way to approach the holidays.
With callous disregard for an appropriate segue, I point to reader Michele Moore’s apostrophic concern in what I assume is a piece of her business formal wear.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.