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North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs
A North Yorkshire resident says the punctuation changes risk "everything going downhill".
Dr Ellie Rye, who is a lecturer in English language and linguistics at the University of York, said apostrophes were a relatively new invention in our writing. She added the change would matter to people who spend a long time teaching how we write English but that it was "less important in [verbal] communication." A spokesperson added: "All punctuation will be considered but avoided where possible because street names and addresses, when stored in databases, must meet the standards set out in BS7666.
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