![]() Yes I know StackExchange is like using Wikipedia as a source (or worse), but it had some handy links to more legitimate sources if you’d care to follow the links through instead of just shouting “terrible resource” as if I didn’t know it wasn’t to be trusted, they include links and/or excerpts of various books where some say you can use it, and others do not. It’s like using Yahoo Answers or asking random strangers on a bus. (Sadly, some dictionaries have added figuratively as an alternate meaning for literally, which literally is one of the dumbest things ever done regarding language.)īTW, StackExchange is a rotten resource. This infographic uses apostrophes incorrectly, just like people who use “figuratively” when they mean “literally.” It’s common, and it gets overlooked or accepted, but it’s still incorrect. ![]() While there had been some confusion before, now the apostrophe became common, just like many myths or errors that spread virally. According to AP, APA, MLA, and Chicago Manual of Style (in other words, the majority of American publishing and academia), the apostrophe is incorrect.Īnd it hasn’t “started to fall into disuse.” The incorrect way (using an apostrophe) gained ground in the 90s and early 2000s thanks to the Internet, desktop publishing, and the rise of other non-edited (or poorly edited) work by anyone with a computer.
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