Column: A Word, Please: An apostrophe, single quote mark and double quote mark lead to a brain teaser. By June Casagrande . Oct. 26, 2017 2:40 PM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

An informal poll of acquaintances reveals that many people believe the backwards mark is actually correct, and some of them are even creating apostrophe catastrophes in non-digital settings.

The Web site Kill the Apostrophe, meanwhile, argues that the mark “serves only to annoy those who know how it is supposed to be used and to confuse those who dont.” ...

The apostrophe is probably coming to the end of its usefulness, certainly for marking possession. — Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage For two centuries, Fells Point has been living … ...

More than 50 years into the Information Age, computers are still getting confused by the apostrophe. It's a problem familiar to O'Connors, D'Angelos, N'Dours and D'Artagnans across America.