Attention all English-grammar fanatics: Birmingham, England has gotten rid of the apostrophes on its street signs and other public places. The punctuation mark that was found in contractions and used to make things possessive will not be found around the town.
Birmingham, England’s second-largest city, decided to drop the apostrophe saying it is confusing and old-fashioned, but some “grammarians” are downright possessive about the punctuation mark.
