A Miscast Spell 0
If you can’t play by the rules, change the rules.
Later this month members of Mid Devon district council’s cabinet will discuss formally banning the pesky little punctuation marks from its (no apostrophe needed) street signs, apparently to avoid “confusion”.
The news of the Tory-controlled council’s (apostrophe required) decision provoked howls of condemnation on Friday from champions of plain English, fans of grammar, and politicians. Even the government felt the need to join the campaign to save the apostrophe.
It is not surprising that the Tory (that is, English conservative) party would exercise such Sherlockian Watsonian logic.