Four ways apostrophes are mangled every day.

Number 1 and

It's instead of its.

The dog ate it's food = The dog ate it is food

The dog ate its food = The dog ate the food that was meant for him
 
Oh dear, another grammar czar
If you learned it once, you can discard it-you know better, :unsure: but it takes another key stroke-so forget it.
I quit trying to write standard English when i retired-shur nuff did
 

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Oh dear, another grammar czar ?????

What does that mean Old Jerry?
Were old, we learned this once, had to use it at work-now we have no one to check our grammar, our punctuation-we can write as we please.

Emily Dickson found that punctuation did not met her needs, soooo she developed her own methods.
She did quite well
 
Were old, we learned this once, had to use it at work-now we have no one to check our grammar, our punctuation-we can write as we please.

Emily Dickson found that punctuation did not met her needs, soooo she developed her own methods.
She did quite well
Were old? I think you mean, we're old. This is a great example for why we need grammar czars. Some sentences make no sense otherwise.
 

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