’Tis the season…for the inverted apostrophe
Christmas isn’t the only time you see ’em, but they come out more often during the holidays. No, I’m not talking about elves. They drive proofreaders—or in my case, former typographers—absolutely nuts: inverted initial apostrophes. Headlines joyfully, albeit incorrectly, proclaim, ‘Tis the season! Only they don’t use the correct punctuation. It should be written, ’Tis […]