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A retired British newspaperman, he founded the Apostrophe Protection Society to guard against the erosion of a humble yet essential element of the English language.
John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 Emily Langer © Family photo “I think that grammar is a valued part of our civilization,” John Richards declared. “I don’t like any attempt to diminish it.” John Richards, a British newspaperman who attracted a flurry of international attention when he founded and later resignedly disbanded the Apostrophe Protection Society, a self-styled bulwark against the “barbarians” laying waste to a humble yet essential element of the English language, died March 30 at a hospital ...
The Right Chemistry: Graphene is a remarkable material Driving.ca 56 mins ago Driving © Provided by Driving.ca The material Graphene, a form of carbon, is seen on a table Friday September 13, 2013 in Ottawa. Sir Andre Geim, professor of physics at the University of Manchester, has the distinction of being the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel and an Ig Nobel Prize. The Nobel represents the pinnacle of scientific achievement, while the Ig Nobel, organized by the humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research, aims to “honour achievements that first make peopl...