There's a fantastic blog that I like to visit once in a while, and which always provides a damn good laugh or more. It's at www.grammatically.blogspot.com and is run Martha Brockenbrough under the auspices of the 'Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar', or SPOGG. She's even written a book, "Things That Make Us [sic]", which I simply must get to read when I can.
The entire blog is one scathing, merciless attack after another on advertisers, newspapers, magazines, all media for that matter, or simple ordinary folk who have the affront to maim, hack and basically cripple the English language. It can be whether the offending party (and, let's face it, people who hack the beautiful English language are offensive) left out a word, misspelt a word or mangled grammar in any way, shape or form.
Or, if they do that which seems to be SPOGG's definite bete noir (it certainly is mine), and use an apostrophe inappropriately.
Ah, yes, I do know what that can do to one.
Why, oh why, must people use the apostrophe with such wild and stupid abandon?!!
Take a big breath, Vittorio...
I can only be thankful for other people who feel the same way that I do, and doubly thankful for a site as witty and unwaivering as that provided by Ms. Brockenbrough and her SPOGG.
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