From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Today (August 16) is International Apostrophe Day and to celebrate this important day, here are some link’s, quotation’s and photo’s: 1. Start your celebration of International Apostrophe Day by ...

Possession, contractions, plurals – test your ability to use an apostrophe in our fun and completely pedantic quiz This week there were reports that residents of North Yorkshire were irked that their ...

Apostrophes, says Anita Aikara, can be really confusing at times. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Apostrophes are often used to denote possession. For example: The gentleman's son stays in the US ...

When The Independent published Helen Coffey’s passionate eulogy for the semicolon – that misunderstood and underappreciated jewel of English punctuation – the reaction from our readers was ...