If you're a stickler for sentence structure, steer clear of
Birmingham. The second-largest city in England has opted to drop all
apostrophes from its street signs, citing the hooks in the air as
"confusing and old-fashioned."
So what are Birmingham's primary
school teachers to do from now on? Allow their charges to make "its"
stand in for "it is" on a moment's notice?
Yes, I'm one of
those sticklers; one who is appalled that her daughter will soon be
learning to read and write in a world that's gotten lax on language. Do
you know why the apostrophe is confusing in Birmingham?
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