Originally Posted by
IO540
Yes, the grocer's apostrophe (do a google) is very irritating.
The curious thing which I always ask myself is how one can write that way, having read any English books
I guess you have not seen some of the books I've seen
Looks like editors are a dying breed. In modern times, authors by and large have never been much good at spelling (or in some cases, general literacy), so it's left to the proofreaders (another dying breed) and editor to turn manuscripts into recognisable English.
X99
perhaps a positive Englishman is to be found yes?
Clearly not here, but if they are happy to pay for what the rest of us get for free or nearly, why stop them?