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A council which changed a street sign after complaints from children may have wasted its time, an expert says.
As part of our Write For Us series, Catherine Poole discusses the bad grammar that makes her cringe.
According to the laws of language we need them, but are apostrophes really necessary? Not according to those fighting the punctuation purists.
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Spelling fines are "imposed" on Nottingham's council staff if they make spelling or punctuation mistakes in their work.
A British man who launched a campaign to save the apostrophe is awarded an IgNobel, a spoof of the Nobel Prize.
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