Maybe it's because I'm a teacher that I've come to become an advocate for the poor, misused apostrophe. I don't think we should even teach kids about it until middle school. Tell the kids now, that they are getting older, they can handle meeting Mr. Apostrophe. Before this point kids think that anytime there is an s at the end of a word, it gets apostrophized.
Unfortunately, no one along the way no one stepped up to clear up the serial apostophizers. Tire's For Sale! Store Hour's...,Car's Park Here. You see them in every city, coast to coast.
If you don't know how to use an apostrophe, please don't. It drive's the rest of us nut's.
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