Anybody who knows me will tell you that I am a stickler for the correct use of the English language (except when it suits me). One of the things that I tend to notice is the incorrect use of apostrophes. Now I realise it can be difficult, I have to think very hard myself sometimes, but at the most elementary level, anybody with half a brain should be able to determine whether an apostrophe should or should not be used for a possessive, a plural, or a contraction. It seems that some people are not blessed with as much as half a brain. In fact, some people are obviously just plain stupid. Apostrophe abuse doesn't annoy me, it amuses me more than anything, but what does annoy me is when people say "Oh well, you know what I mean!".

Anyway, I'm going to start taking photos (photo's - now there's a classic one) of abused apostrophes and sticking them on my page here so anybody else with similar opinions to mine can come here and have a good belly laugh at the thick idiots that we share a planet with.

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It was a lovely café and the coffee was cheap, served in a tall glass mug and tasted gorgeou's.

Wonderful solution to a problem; If you aren't sure if there should be an apostrophe or not, simply omit the s.

I have been wanting to take a photo of this ultimate insult for years. Shakespeare knew his English.

.......we insult you. Terrible, just terrible. Technically though, it could be denoting the missing e. It isn't though is it?