I’m absolutely astounded by Birmingham Council's recent decision to ban apostrophes in their street signs! Mr Govangirl gets really annoyed with me when I go about shops changing their signs because they don’t know how to spell or use an apostrophe but it makes me mad! It beggars belief that a public authority like Birmingham Council could be so blind as to accept it doesn’t matter.
Or does it? Should we really care whether or not out street signs display bad grammar? Are they right to do away with apostrophes despite their value?