Apostrophe Abuse...Almost

It's nothing new. We've seen it dozen's of times. People using apostrophe's to designate plural's. (Yes, that actually hurt me deeply just typing that.)

Today, our usually-awesome company newsletter, which is a very well-produced weekly publication, had a headline that included the word "party's." Ouch. This newsletter is sent out to thousands of people (I work for a very large organization).

But wait! The Grammar Snob may sometimes jump to conclusions...and when he does his job and actually re-reads, he finds that he was wrong. In this case, the headline "Party's set for Jane Doe and June Roe" (names changed here to protect the innocent) is referring to a single open house event. Thus, the "party's" is a contraction of "party is" and is thus perfectly acceptable.

Whew...that was close!

Still, I might have chosen a different way to word the headline, just to avoid giving heart attack's to poor grammar snob's...

P.S. to see some heinous, cringe-inducing real-life example's of apostrophe abuse, go here. (WARNING: may cause grammar snob nausea.)

I sure love's me some party hat's