Good to see that someone is taking care of this. Thanks to Karen for the link. I cringed every time I went into my former Laundromat and had to pass the sign posting the "hour's" of the establishment. Grammar policing can be a full time job, and while I am currently in search of one of those, I have yet to find a Grammar Policing position that actually pays.
Quick rule of apostrophes with the letter S: Used to indicate the possessive, or to indicate a contraction of a noun and the verb "is." If Frank has a dog, it is Frank's dog. If, on the other hand, Frank is the name of the pooch, it would be "Frank's a dog." The apostrophe is NOT used to indicate more than one of anything. When in doubt, ask yourself "Do I mean that there is more than one of this, or that something belongs to this?" If the former, there is no apostrophe. If the latter, the apostrophe is OK, with one exception: it's/its, where the apostrophe version is used only to indicate "it is" and the non-apostrophe is for all other uses.
My personal favorite of the grammar infractions posted on the above link are "You Chuck's Bitch?" which is just funny, and "What's in the Pu Pu?" which speaks to my Rule #3 of eating: never eat anything with the word "food" on the label (devil's food cake and angel food cake excepted). If they have to tell you it is food, such as "pasteurized process cheese food," then it is not. Incidentally, rule #1 is "Never eat seafood in a state that does not touch sea," and rule #2 is "Never eat anything that is or has been entrails."
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Have you considered joining the Police du Language. They are located in Quebec City and are part of the Provincial Police. Their main job is to enforce the use of French as the primary language in Quebec. You may offer to help with that detested "other language." Tippy Simone Harriett
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