Common misuse

The following are some common misuses of apostrophes:

Plurals

Apostrophes are never used to pluralise a word so the following examples are incorrect:

  • “Look at all the dog’s in the park” => dogs
  • Banana’s 70p/lb => Bananas
  • Box’s => Boxes
  • Bus’es =>Buses
  • PC’s => PCs
  • CD’s =>CDs
  • DVD’s =>DVDs
  • 1980′s => 1980s
  • OK’d => OKd
  • RSVP’d => RSVPd