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Professional Practice

Apostrophe Abuse

The abuse of the apostrophe: one of my biggest pet peeves

Admittedly, the blatant abuse of apostrophes in our society is not a grave threat to our way of life. Nonetheless, it is something that aggravates me — a lot. Most commonly, people make the mistake with abbreviations and acronyms, for example, DVD’s” and “the 90’s”. Neither of these is correct.