The War of the Apostrophe

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English council under attack for anti-apostrophe street-sign policy. It's an outrage.

An English local authority has upset right-thinking lovers of grammar the world over with its policy of removing apostrophes from street names, to “avoid potential confusion”.

Reports BBC Online: “Mid Devon District Council said its new streets had not contained apostrophes for many years, but the policy was now being made official.”