by Tennessee Ledger Staff
TORONTO — The Apostrophe Protection Society has announced it will disband. Its 96-year-old chairman John Richards, who started the U.K. group in 2001 cited, “the ignorance and laziness present in modern times.”. He wrote on apostrophe.org.uk last month that they have lost the fight to preserve the sanctity of the “much abused” punctuation mark.
It seems that most people really don’t care about its correct use in the English language than in the past, he wrote.
“We, and our many supporters worldwide, have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!” he said, adding that his old age is also a reason the group is done. “I am cutting back on my commitments,” he wrote.
According to CTVNEWS.com the site was intended to remain active, it was shut down this week after the news caused web traffic to skyrocket.