Blog - The Curious Case of the Evolving Apostrophe

Published February 4, 2010, 3:34 am, Technology Review

A new technique for analyzing early English texts is gradually revealing the history of the apostrophe. Last year, grammatical tragedy struck in the heart of England when Birmingham City Council decreed that apostrophes were to be forever banished from public addresses. To the horror of purists and pedants alike, place names such as St Paul's Square were banned and unceremoniously replaced with ...

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