Comments on Apostrophe Catastrophes: Get This Olde-Fashioned Catastrophe at the Faire's...

Well, "Cats" is a word, so I think it would look s...

2008-12-17T07:27:00.000-08:00

Well, "Cats" is a word, so I think it would look strange to have an apostrophe before it.

Wow, I totally forgot about this!

I find it...

2008-12-16T19:52:00.000-08:00

Wow, I totally forgot about this!

I find it plenty distracting as is here, but you guys are right, the verticalness makes it tricky.

the vertical text makes apostrophes a sticky propo...

2008-12-16T14:00:00.000-08:00

the vertical text makes apostrophes a sticky proposition. i agree it should be there, but no matter where you put it it's going to look weird.

i went to Northwestern, home of the wildcats, and they had these big flags that said "CATS", each with one letter. The flag with the C had a big apostrophe in front of it, to indicate omission of "wild-". While accepting that it's grammatically correct, I always felt it was silly and superfluous, not to mention distracting. This may be a similar situation.

discuss!

That's certainly possible, but then the web site w...

2008-12-16T12:39:00.000-08:00

That's certainly possible, but then the web site would be wrong. :)

Perhaps it was a "faire" showcasing a multitude of...

2008-12-16T12:36:00.000-08:00