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The Apostrophe Police

I have been reading SWMBO’s copy of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, by Lynne Truss and have noticed a number of recently-erected signposts regarding fireworks that demonstrate exactly what she is writing about.

For instance, I’ve seen:

FIREWORK’S SALE

How interesting – I wonder what the firework is selling, exactly? I’ve also seen:

FIREWORK’S THIS WAY

Ah, so the firework is *that* way, is it? Well, if there’s only one firework, it’s probably been sold or set off by now.