Ten Most Common Errors Made by Writers: #2

From the Editor’s Eye
The 10 Most Common Errors Made by Writers
(And How to Fix Them)

The ninth of a ten-part series.

#2. Apostrophic Calamity: Apostrophe vs. Dumb Quotes

More from the Ripping Out One’s Hair Department: The oft-abused, disrespected apostrophe.

I implore you: Please, do NOT use a single quotation mark in place of an apostrophe. It is NOT the same thing. And, please, do NOT insert an apostrophe in a plural noun; the apostrophe in that context means possession or ownership, no...