In Memory of "Friends" Departed

[Barman]

John Richards, self-confessed pedant and founder of the Apostrophe Protection Society

Friend of yours Nick...? 

Fed up with signs advertising “ladies fashions” or claiming that “Diamond’s are forever”, Richards, a former local-newspaper subeditor and self-confessed pedant, established his society and set up a website providing advice on the proper use of the much abused punctuation mark.

Visitors were supplied with a pro forma letter that could be customised and sent to offenders: “Dear Sir or Madam,” it began. “Because there seems to be some doubt about the use of the apostrophe, we are taking the liberty of drawing your attention to an incorrect use.”

[Steve]

John Richards, self-confessed pedant and founder of the Apostrophe Protection Society

Friend of yours Nick...? 

Fed up with signs advertising “ladies fashions” or claiming that “Diamond’s are forever”, Richards, a former local-newspaper subeditor and self-confessed pedant, established his society and set up a website providing advice on the proper use of the much abused punctuation mark.

Visitors were supplied with a pro forma letter that could be customised and sent to offenders: “Dear Sir or Madam,” it began. “Because there seems to be some doubt about the use of the apostrophe, we are taking the liberty of drawing your attention to an incorrect use.”

friend of your's surely 

Full obit here:  http://apostrophe.org.uk/page16.html
 
A sad loss imho.  he was the sort of slightly eccentric but decent bloke that still makes Britain so good.

RIP

[Nick]

    We are all doomed 

[Grumpmeister]

  We are all doomed 

We're? 

[Barman]

  We are all doomed 

We're? 

 

[Nick]

If Miss D gets its and it's wrong again, I will personally go round and 

Let us hope she has a nurse uniform on at the time 

[Darwins Selection]

If Miss D gets its and it's wrong again, I will personally go round and 

Let us hope she has a nurse uniform on at the time 

Youll be in big trouble if you do.

[apc2010]

If Miss D gets its and it's wrong again, I will personally go round and 

Let us hope she has a nurse uniform on at the time 

Youll be in big trouble if you do.

 

[Grumpmeister]

If Miss D gets its and it's wrong again, I will personally go round and 

Let us hope she has a nurse uniform on at the time 

She would be less Nurse Ratched and more Nurse Hatchet... 

*Note to self* Send black suit to cleaners...

[Miss Demeanour]

If Miss D gets its and it's wrong again, I will personally go round and 

Let us hope she has a nurse uniform on at the time 

 

You need more to worry about 

[apc2010]

Michael Collins flew the Apollo 11 command module around the Moon....but 91 ...

[Barman]

Michael Collins flew the Apollo 11 command module around the Moon....but 91 ...

 

[Steve]

Michael Collins flew the Apollo 11 command module around the Moon....but 91 ...

 

  what a bloke, all that risk and none of the glory.  IIRC always came over well when interviewed

RIP

[Nick]

Fly me to the Moon: that was his catchphrase

[apc2010]

Fly me to the Moon: that was his catchphrase