When the apostrophe disappears from ones verse or prose its plain to see theres mayhem, and everyones brain is muddled I cant make sense of what youre saying and the judge cant tell if the farm is Joes or Marys or Philips or quite literally the pigs own
And of course when it appear’s in the wrong place’s, it get’s up everyone’s nerve’s or nose’s; and it cause’s an identity crisis between its and it’s; and its’ like ****’ (thi’s mess’ is’)– please, please, please - running down to one’s toe’s
It’s obvious to see that the apostrophe - that comma that hangs in the air - is worth mastering or may you hang in its stead
It is the business of every writer to master the basics of punctuation. The complexities and the quarrels over the mechanics of punctuation we can leave to the unimaginative and nit-picking editors. /No offence meant to anybody - I only mean to be helpful in verse, with some humour and spirit. (I don't mind if editors are offended though.)