If you have a good grasp of apostrophes, you probably notice that a lot of other people don’t. You could be forgiven for rolling your eyes at sentences like “The dog wagged it’s tail,” which ...

Slowly but surely, the apostrophe has been forgotten or purposely left behind in an increasing array of words. The very public feuding over public places and punctuation is here again — and it's been ...

What’s that finely milled sugar used in baking called? At The Washington Post, it’s “confectioners’ sugar.” At least one reader thinks it should be “confectioner’s sugar.” Some manufacturers don’t ...

Wednesday was a dark day for the apostrophe, used in the English language to indicate the possessive case ("Joe's Pub") or a contraction ("I'm here."). In New York, apostrophes took center stage in ...